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Guideline

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

SEC15-J

medium

likely

high

P6

L2

Automated Detection

TODOThe general case of automated detection appears to be infeasible, as determining which specific data may be passed through the socket is not statically computable. An approach that introduces a custom API for passing sensitive data via secure sockets may be feasible. User tagging of sensitive data would be a necessary requirement for such an approach.

Related Vulnerabilities

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