Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Property
Languagego
Severitylow
CWECWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Confidence LevelLow
Impact LevelMedium
Likelihood LevelLow

Description

The code copies data from compressed archives (like zip, gzip, or tar) without limiting how much is read. This can allow attackers to trigger a denial-of-service by providing extremely large or highly compressed files (decompression bombs).

Impact

If exploited, an attacker could cause your application to consume excessive memory or disk space, potentially crashing the system or making it unresponsive. This could disrupt service availability and impact other users or processes running on the same server.

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Property
Languagejavascript
Severitylow
CWECWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Confidence LevelLow
Impact LevelLow
Likelihood LevelLow

Description

Using allErrors: true with the Ajv validation library causes it to collect every validation error, which can result in excessive memory use if processing bad input. This makes your application vulnerable if attackers intentionally send data designed to trigger many errors.

Impact

An attacker could exploit this by submitting specially crafted input that generates a large number of validation errors, potentially exhausting server memory and causing a denial of service. This could disrupt application availability for legitimate users.

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Property
Languagepython
Severitymedium
CWECWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
OWASPA05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration
Confidence LevelLow
Impact LevelHigh
Likelihood LevelLow

Description

The Django REST framework configuration is missing rate-limiting settings (‘DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES’ and ‘DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES’). Without these, your API endpoints have no protection against excessive requests.

Impact

Attackers can overwhelm your application by sending a high volume of requests, leading to resource exhaustion or Denial of Service (DoS). This can make your API unavailable to legitimate users and may increase infrastructure costs.

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Property
Languagejson
Severitylow
CWECWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
OWASPA05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration
Confidence LevelLow
Impact LevelLow
Likelihood LevelLow

Description

Package dependencies with variant versions may lead to dependency hijack and confusion attacks. Better to specify an exact version or use package-lock.json for a specific version of the package.

Unencrypted data lake storage.

Property
Languageterraform
Severityhigh
Servicedatalake
ProviderAzure
Vulnerability Typemisconfiguration

Description

The data lake storage resource is configured with encryption disabled, overriding the default secure state. This leaves stored data unprotected at rest, exposing sensitive information to unauthorized access.

Impact

If the storage is compromised, attackers could access, read, or exfiltrate unencrypted data, leading to potential data breaches, regulatory violations, and loss of sensitive organizational or customer information.

Unencrypted S3 bucket.

Property
Languageterraform
Severityhigh
Services3
ProviderAWS
Vulnerability Typeomission

Description

The S3 bucket is not configured with server-side encryption, leaving stored data unprotected at rest. This means data in the bucket could be accessed in plaintext if security controls fail.

Impact

If the bucket is compromised, attackers can directly read all stored objects without needing to bypass any encryption, increasing the risk of data theft, regulatory violations, and potential reputational harm to the organization.

Unencrypted SNS topic.

Property
Languageterraform
Severityhigh
Servicesns
ProviderAWS
Vulnerability Typeomission

Description

The SNS topic is configured without server-side encryption, leaving messages stored in plaintext. This exposes message contents to anyone with access to the topic or its storage.

Impact

If the SNS topic is compromised, attackers could read sensitive messages, leading to data leaks or exposure of confidential information. This increases the risk of unauthorized data access, compliance violations, and potential reputational damage.

Unencrypted SQS queue.

Property
Languageterraform
Severityhigh
Servicesqs
ProviderAWS
Vulnerability Typeomission

Description

The SQS queue is configured without server-side encryption, allowing messages to be stored in plaintext. This makes queue contents vulnerable to unauthorized access if the underlying storage or AWS account is compromised.

Impact

If exploited, an attacker gaining access to the SQS service or storage could read sensitive messages in the queue, potentially exposing confidential information or enabling further attacks on integrated systems.

Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (‘Confused Deputy’)

Property
Languageyaml
Severitycritical
CWECWE-441: Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (‘Confused Deputy’)
OWASPA04:2021 Insecure Design
Confidence LevelHigh
Impact LevelHigh
Likelihood LevelHigh

Description

Marking state-changing HTTP methods (like POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE) with ‘x-openai-isConsequential: false’ disables critical user confirmation checks. This means potentially sensitive actions can be executed automatically without requiring explicit user consent.

Impact

If exploited, attackers or automated agents could perform unintended or harmful operations—such as modifying or deleting data—on behalf of users without their awareness or approval. This increases the risk of data loss, unauthorized actions, or abuse of sensitive functionality, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (‘Confused Deputy’)

Property
Languagegeneric
Severitymedium
CWECWE-441: Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (‘Confused Deputy’)
OWASPA01:2021 - Broken Access Control
Confidence LevelMedium
Impact LevelMedium
Likelihood LevelLow

Description

The proxy destination host is being set dynamically, potentially based on untrusted user input. This can let attackers control where backend requests are sent, rather than limiting them to known safe destinations.

Impact

If exploited, attackers could redirect proxy traffic to malicious sites or internal services, leading to data leaks, server-side request forgery (SSRF), or unauthorized access to sensitive resources. This can compromise both your application and internal network assets.