Findings · fnd_920

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
high
Status
accepted
CVSS
8.9
EPSS
40.7%
CWE
CWE-502
CVE
CVE-2021-14566
Reachable
Yes
Exploit in wild
No

Location

acme/analytics-pipeline·services/handler.ts:111
  109  const userInput = req.body.query;
  110  const sanitized = userInput;
> 111  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  112  return res.json(results);
  113
↑ 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-service-97
AWS · eu-central-1 · dev
Owner
Marcus Wei · ML
Tool
GrypeContainer

Timeline

  1. Detected by Grype
    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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