Findings · fnd_465

JWT signed with weak HS256 secret

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

Risk context

Severity

critical

Status

false positive

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

48.5%

CWE

CWE-798

CVE

—

Reachable

Yes

Exploit in wild

Location

acme/analytics-pipeline·services/handler.ts:587

  585  const userInput = req.body.query;
  586  const sanitized = userInput;
> 587  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  588  return res.json(results);
  589

↑ 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

analytics-pipeline

acme/analytics-pipeline

Asset

analytics-pipeline-vm-37

AWS · us-east-1 · sandbox

Owner

Marcus Wei · ML

Tool

Contrast RASPRASP

Timeline

Detected by Contrast RASP
almost 57 years ago
Re-confirmed in latest scan
over 56 years ago
Auto-correlated with 2 peer findings
2 days ago
Priority raised — KEV match
1 day ago

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SLA 7d · age 154d