Do not put sensitive data in objects

Metadata

ID: typescript-node-security/jwt-sensitive-data

Language: TypeScript

Severity: Warning

Category: Security

CWE: 312

Never include sensitive information in a JWT. Instead, only use non-personal information to identify the end-user.

jwt.sign(
    { user: { email: 'foo@bar.com' }}
)

jwt.sign(
    { user: { lastname: 'babar' }}
)

jwt.sign(
    {user: { id: 42 }}
)

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rulesets:
  - typescript-node-security     # Rules to enforce TypeScript node security.

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