/** * @name Hard-coded credentials * @description Hard-coding credentials in source code may enable an attacker * to gain unauthorized access. * @kind path-problem * @problem.severity warning * @security-severity 9.8 * @precision high * @id js/hardcoded-credentials * @tags security * external/cwe/cwe-259 * external/cwe/cwe-321 * external/cwe/cwe-798 */ import javascript import semmle.javascript.security.dataflow.HardcodedCredentialsQuery import DataFlow::PathGraph from Configuration cfg, DataFlow::PathNode source, DataFlow::PathNode sink, string value where cfg.hasFlowPath(source, sink) and // use source value in message if it's available if source.getNode().asExpr() instanceof ConstantString then exists(string val | val = source.getNode().getStringValue() | // exclude dummy passwords not ( sink.getNode().(Sink).(DefaultCredentialsSink).getKind() = "password" and PasswordHeuristics::isDummyPassword(val) or sink.getNode().(Sink).getKind() = "authorization header" and PasswordHeuristics::isDummyAuthHeader(val) ) and value = "The hard-coded value \"" + val + "\"" ) else value = "This hard-coded value" select source.getNode(), source, sink, value + " is used as $@.", sink.getNode(), sink.getNode().(Sink).getKind()