Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Property
Language	regex
Severity
CWE	CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
OWASP	A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures
Confidence Level	Low
Impact Level	Medium
Likelihood Level	Low

Description#

Confluent access tokens are hard-coded directly into the source code. Storing credentials this way makes them easy to discover and exposes sensitive information to anyone with code access.

Impact#

If attackers obtain these hard-coded tokens, they could gain unauthorized access to Confluent services, potentially leading to data breaches, service disruptions, or misuse of your infrastructure. This risk increases if the code repository is publicly accessible or shared widely.