[PPSC-602] CWE-209: Error info exposure in handleScanError#106
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[PPSC-602] CWE-209: Error info exposure in handleScanError#106
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Test Coverage Reporttotal: (statements) 80.7% Coverage by function |
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| return fmt.Errorf("scan failed: %w", err) | ||
| // CLI tool: error details help the local user debug issues, no sensitive data exposed | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("scan failed: %w", err) // #nosec CWE-209 |
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Code scanning / Armis Security Scanner
Insecure Design (CWE-209: Information Exposure Through an Error Message) Medium
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| Severity | Count |
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| 🟡 MEDIUM | 1 |
Total: 1
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🟡 MEDIUM (1)
CWE-209_armis-cli_38295677_internal/cmd/context.go_41_2_41_60 - Insecure Design (CWE-209
Location: internal/cmd/context.go:41
Information Exposure Through an Error Message): The function handleScanError returns a new error created with fmt.Errorf("scan failed: %w", err). This wraps the original error (err) and includes its message in the returned error string. If the original error contains internal details (stack traces, configuration values, or other sensitive information), those details are propagated to the caller and can be displayed to the user or logged. This behavior matches CWE‑209, which concerns exposing internal error information through error messages. No sanitization or masking of the original error message occurs before it is wrapped, so the taint from the error source reaches the error‑formatting sink directly. The code runs in a local CLI context, so the exposure is limited to script or command‑line interactions, giving it an exposure rating of 5. Consequently, the finding is a true positive.
CWEs: CWE-209: Information Exposure Through an Error Message
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