Sensitive information in source code - IP

Description

Storing IP addresses in code can be a security-sensitive issue, as this can result in an attacker discovering a potentially sensitive address or network segment.

Impact

Get sensitive information or private secrets.

Recommendation

- Load sensitive data from safe sources
such as, key vault services,
configuration files properly encrypted
or administrative environment variables.

Threat

Attacker with access to the source-code from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 30 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

Attack vector: N
Attack complexity: H
Privileges required: L
User interaction: N
Scope: C
Confidentiality: L
Integrity: N
Availability: N

Temporal

Exploit code maturity: U
Remediation level: U
Report confidence: U

Result

Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:U
Score:

Base: 3.5
Temporal: 3.0

Severity:

Base: Low
Temporal: Low

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

Attack vector: N
Attack complexity: H
Attack Requirements: N
Privileges required: L
User interaction: N
Confidentiality (VC): L
Integrity (VI): N
Availability (VA): N
Confidentiality (SC): N
Integrity (SI): N
Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

Exploit maturity: U

Result 4.0

Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Score:

CVSS-BT: 0.6

Severity:

CVSS-BT: Low

Compliant code

Non compliant code

Requirements

Fixes

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