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SQ34404

Detected presence of active web service access credentials.

priorityCI/CD statusseverityeffortRL levelRL assessment
failhighmedium2secrets: fail
Reason: active web service credentials

About the issue​

Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms expose programmable interfaces to their authenticated users. These web services enable action automation and secure exchange of information. To authenticate, users provide a unique account identifier and a secret that confirms their access rights to the web service. Access credentials for supported web services are automatically validated via the least privilege APIs the service exposes. Detected credentials have been accepted as valid by the services they are associated with. This indicates they are currently active and may be abused if exposed to the public. Account access credentials are considered secrets. They should never be included in a software release package, even if they are obfuscated by encryption on the client-side.

How to resolve the issue​

  • You should securely store web service access credentials, and fully automate their management and periodic rotation.
  • If credentials were published unintentionally and the software has been made public, you should revoke exposed credentials and file a security incident.
  • Examples of service credentials that may have been detected include AWS, Square, Zoho, Duo, PayPal and others.

Incidence statistics​

Not relevant for this type of sensitive information.