VNX-GH-212 – Secret scanning or push protection disabled

Overview

Push protection stops a credential before it reaches history; secret scanning finds the ones that got through. Without either, a leaked key is found first by whoever is looking.

Severity: Medium | Confidence: high | CWE: CWE-798 | Command: vulnetix gha settings

Needs: repo, security and analysis. Without them the rule is reported as not evaluated.

Remediation

Enable secret scanning and push protection.

Scoring

CWSS vector at the rule’s default severity: CWSS:1.0/TI:H/AP:A/AL:A/IC:N/FC:LT/RP:N/RL:A/AV:I/AS:N/IN:A/SC:A/BI:H/DI:M/EX:M/EC:N/P:W. A finding whose severity the repository’s settings moved is scored at its adjusted severity.