Leakage of sensitive data to Datadog

Overview

• Rule ID: javascript_third_parties_datadog

• Applicable Languages: Javascript

• Weakness ID: CWE-201

Description

Leaking sensitive data to third-party loggers like Datadog is a common cause of data leaks and can lead to data breaches.

Remediation Guidelines

• Do ensure all sensitive data is removed when logging data or events to Datadog

• Do use unique identifiers from the database if you really need to identify users.

  const StatsD = require("hot-shots");
  const client = new StatsD({
    port: 8020,
    globalTags: { env: process.env.NODE_ENV },
    errorHandler: errorHandler,
  });
  
  client.event(user.uuid, "logged_in", {});
  

References

• Datadog docs

• Scrubbing data

• OWASP logging cheat sheet

• CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

• OWASP Top 10: A01:2021 - Broken Access Control

Configuration

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