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Lookspan telemetry failed to redact secrets, audit finds

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A security audit of Lookspan's telemetry system revealed critical vulnerabilities, contradicting its promise to avoid storing secrets. The audit found that three out of eight tested secret shapes were stored in plain text. Furthermore, the system's redaction scan was insufficient, failing to process data beyond six levels deep, thus leaving sensitive information unscrubbed. AI

IMPACT Potential for data leakage in observability tools, impacting AI development and deployment.

RANK_REASON Security audit of a specific product's telemetry system.

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Lookspan telemetry failed to redact secrets, audit finds

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Lookspan's README promised telemetry never drags secrets into the database. I attacked that promise with eight realistic secret shapes against a running server.

    Lookspan's README promised telemetry never drags secrets into the database. I attacked that promise with eight realistic secret shapes against a running server. Three were stored in the clear. The redaction scan stopped at six levels deep and returned everything below it untouche…

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