Potentially sensitive variable in Lambda environment Affecting Lambda service in AWS


Severity

0.0
high
0
10
    Severity Framework
    Snyk CCSS
    Rule category
    Keys and Secrets / Access

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00337
  • credit Snyk Research Team

Description

A secret value has been declared in an environment variable. The secret value will readable to anyone with access to the version control system.

How to fix?

Remove the secret value from the environment.variables definition.

Example Configuration

resource "aws_lambda_function" "valid" {
  function_name    = "valid"
  role             = aws_iam_role.lambda_role.arn
  handler          = "index.handler"
  runtime          = "nodejs12.x"
  filename         = data.archive_file.lambda_source.output_path
  source_code_hash = data.archive_file.lambda_source.output_base64sha256

  environment {
    variables = {
      env = "development"
    }
  }
}