OeditusCredo.Check.Security.SensitiveDataExposure (OeditusCredo v0.6.2)

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Basics

This check is disabled by default.

Learn how to enable it via .credo.exs.

This check has a base priority of high and works with any version of Elixir.

Explanation

Detects potential sensitive data exposure in logs or console output (CWE-200).

Logging sensitive fields (passwords, tokens, secrets, credentials) can leak confidential data into log storage and observability systems.

Bad:

Logger.info("params: #{inspect(params)}")
IO.inspect(user.password_hash)

Good:

Logger.info("user login", user_id: user.id)

Check-Specific Parameters

Use the following parameters to configure this check:

:exclude_test_files

Set to true to skip test files (default: false)

This parameter defaults to nil.

:extra_sensitive_terms

Additional sensitive field name substrings to detect (default: [])

This parameter defaults to nil.

General Parameters

Like with all checks, general params can be applied.

Parameters can be configured via the .credo.exs config file.