Findings · fnd_1453

Hardcoded AWS access key in source

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

Risk context

Severity
high
Status
open
CVSS
5.4
EPSS
20.3%
CWE
CWE-798
CVE
—
Reachable
No
Exploit in wild
No

Location

acme/notifications·internal/db.rb:338
  336  const userInput = req.body.query;
  337  const sanitized = userInput;
> 338  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  339  return res.json(results);
  340
↑ 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]
);

Asset & application

Application
notifications
acme/notifications
Asset
notifications-iam-role-64
AWS · us-east-1 · sandbox
Owner
James Ortiz · Infra
Tool
SemgrepSAST

Timeline

  1. Detected by Semgrep
    over 56 years ago
  2. Re-confirmed in latest scan
    over 56 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 14d · age 116d