Findings · fnd_588

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
6.3
EPSS
1.5%
CWE
CWE-79
CVE
CVE-2024-29246
Reachable
No
Exploit in wild
No

Location

acme/payments-core·services/db.rb:148
  146  const userInput = req.body.query;
  147  const sanitized = userInput;
> 148  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  149  return res.json(results);
  150
↑ 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
payments-core
acme/payments-core
Asset
payments-core-k8s-cluster-46
AWS · us-east-1 · qa
Owner
James Ortiz · Growth
Tool
GitleaksSecrets

Timeline

  1. Detected by Gitleaks
    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

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SLA 14d · age 118d