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vetkit.ruby.cookie.insecure-flags

A cookie or the session store is configured with secure / httponly explicitly disabled. The cookie may travel over plain HTTP or be read by injected JavaScript.

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Suite: Security

ruby

A cookie or the session store is configured with secure / httponly explicitly disabled. The cookie may travel over plain HTTP or be read by injected JavaScript.

Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: INFO

How to fix it

Set secure: true and httponly: true (Rails defaults) for session and authentication cookies.

References

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

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