Leakage of sensitive data to RollBar

Overview

• Rule ID: javascript_third_parties_rollbar

• Applicable Languages: Javascript

• Weakness ID: CWE-201

Description

Exposing sensitive data to third-party loggers such as RollBar is a frequent cause of data leaks and can result in data breaches.

Remediation Guidelines

• Make sure that all sensitive data is removed before sending information to third-party loggers such as Rollbar.

• Use unique database identifiers if user identification is necessary.

  Rollbar.critical("Connection error from remote Payments API", user.uuid);
  

References

• Rollbar docs

• 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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