Findings · fnd_1495

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
medium
Status
accepted
CVSS
5.2
EPSS
45.1%
CWE
CWE-22
CVE
CVE-2021-1682
Reachable
Yes
Exploit in wild
KEV

Location

acme/ledger·lib/db.rb:463
  461  const userInput = req.body.query;
  462  const sanitized = userInput;
> 463  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  464  return res.json(results);
  465
↑ 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 (1)

Same root cause detected by other tools

high
Insecure deserialization in message queue consumer
TruffleHogSecrets

Asset & application

Application
ledger
acme/ledger
Asset
ledger-iam-role-44
GCP · eu-central-1 · qa
Owner
James Ortiz · Checkout
Tool
SemgrepSAST

Timeline

  1. Detected by Semgrep
    almost 57 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 30d · age 178d