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vetkit.java.cookie.insecure-flags

A cookie explicitly disables its Secure or HttpOnly flag.

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Suite: Security

java

A cookie explicitly disables its Secure or HttpOnly flag.

Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: INFO

How to fix it

Set Secure and HttpOnly on session and authentication cookies; only cookies that client-side code must read (such as a CSRF token cookie) may omit HttpOnly.

References

Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/java.yml.

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