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Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms expose programmable interfaces to their authenticated users. These web services enable action automation and secure exchange of information. For authorization, web service users provide a unique token that confirms their access rights. These tokens are considered secrets. They should never be included in a software release package, even if they are obfuscated by encryption on the client-side.
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0 packages
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8 packages
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24 packages
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Top 10k
50 packages
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Next steps
You should securely store web service access tokens, and fully automate their management and periodic rotation.
If tokens were published unintentionally and the software has been made public, you should revoke exposed tokens and file a security incident.
Examples of service tokens that may have been detected include AWS, Facebook, JWT, SWT, Slack and others.
Problem
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are structured addresses that point to locations and assets on the internet. URLs allow software developers to build complex applications that exchange data with servers that can be hosted in multiple geographical regions. URLs can commonly be found embedded in documentation, configuration files, source code and compiled binaries. A port number is associated with a network address of a host, such as an IP address, and the type of network protocol used for communication. Within URLs, the ports are optional. Ports can be specified in a URL immediately following the domain name. Each network protocol, or schema, has a set of standard ports on which the service operates. This issue is raised when a mismatch between a network protocol and its expected port number is detected. While the presence of non-standard ports does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved.
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13 packages
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124 packages
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Top 1k
643 packages
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Top 10k
1.03k packages
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Next steps
Investigate reported detections.
If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.
Consider changing the port to one that is standard for the networking protocol.