Findings · fnd_127

Unencrypted RDS snapshot

Tool detected a potential vulnerability via static/dynamic analysis. Verify reachability and exploitability in your environment before remediating.

Risk context

Severity
medium
Status
triaged
CVSS
8.4
EPSS
88.5%
CWE
CWE-798
CVE
CVE-2021-14482
Reachable
Yes
Exploit in wild
No

Location

acme/vault·lib/auth.java:18
  16  const userInput = req.body.query;
  17  const sanitized = userInput;
> 18  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  19  return res.json(results);
  20
↑ Unsafe string interpolation into SQL query

Remediation

Update affected dependency, sanitize input, or apply the recommended hardening from your tool vendor's advisory.

Suggested fix
const results = await db.query(
  'SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = $1',
  [sanitized]
);

Correlated findings (2)

Same root cause detected by other tools

medium
IAM role with wildcard permissions
Cloudflare WAFWAFcritical
Unencrypted RDS snapshot
CheckmarxSAST

Asset & application

Application
vault
acme/vault
Asset
vault-rds-36
AWS · ap-southeast-2 · qa
Owner
Elena Rossi · Identity
Tool
ProwlerCSPM

Timeline

  1. Detected by Prowler
    almost 57 years ago
  2. Re-confirmed in latest scan
    almost 57 years ago
  3. Auto-correlated with 2 peer findings
    2 days ago
  4. Priority raised — KEV match
    1 day ago

Remediation ticket

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SLA 30d · age 170d