title: Look for hard coded credentials shortname: look-for-hard-coded-credentials description: The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. anchor: gosec group: top10-id-authn-failures pretty_name: G101: Look for hard coded credentials
Look for Hard Coded Credentials¶
The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.