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15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion backend/src/helpers/slack/slack-post-message.ts
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import Sentry from '@sentry/minimal';
import axios from 'axios';
import { appConfig } from '../../shared/config/app-config.js';
import { Constants } from '../constants/constants.js';
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},
{ headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${slackBotToken}` } },
);
const data = res.data as { ok?: boolean; error?: string };
if (data && data.ok === false) {
// Slack accepted the HTTP call but refused the post (revoked token, unknown channel…).
// Slack is the ops pager — it silently failing is itself an incident, so report through
// the one channel that still works. Cannot use WinstonLogger here (it imports this helper).
console.error(`slackPostMessage rejected by Slack API: ${data.error}`);
Sentry.captureMessage(`slackPostMessage rejected by Slack API: ${data.error}`);
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}
return res.data;
} catch (_e) {
} catch (e) {
// Same reasoning as above: a broken alerting channel must not be invisible. Still swallowed —
// posting must never affect the operation that triggered it.
console.error('slackPostMessage failed:', e);
Sentry.captureException(e);
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

npm exec --yes --package=axios@1.16.1 -- node <<'NODE'
const axios = require('axios');
const { inspect } = require('node:util');

const config = {
  url: 'https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage',
  method: 'post',
  headers: { authorization: 'Bearer TEST_SLACK_TOKEN' },
};

const error = new axios.AxiosError('network failure', 'ERR_NETWORK', config);

for (const [name, value] of [
  ['inspect', inspect(error)],
  ['json', JSON.stringify(error)],
]) {
  if (value.includes('TEST_SLACK_TOKEN')) {
    console.error(`${name} contains the bearer token`);
    process.exitCode = 1;
  }
}
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- helper ---'
cat -n backend/src/helpers/slack/slack-post-message.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- relevant manifests and lockfiles ---'
git ls-files | grep -E '(^|/)(package\.json|package-lock\.json|npm-shrinkwrap\.json|yarn\.lock|pnpm-lock\.yaml)$' | while IFS= read -r f; do
  printf '\n--- %s ---\n' "$f"
  rg -n -C 2 '"(axios|`@sentry/minimal`|`@sentry/node`)"' "$f" || true
done

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Axios 1.16.1 AxiosError toJSON config util.inspect console.error authorization header serialization Sentry @sentry/minimal 6.19.7 captureException AxiosError config

💡 Result:

In Axios 1.16.1, AxiosError.toJSON() is the standard way to serialize error details for logging or debugging [1][2]. Because AxiosError objects contain the request config—which includes sensitive headers like Authorization—logging the error object directly (e.g., via console.error or Sentry) can leak credentials [3][4]. To prevent this, use the redact configuration option in your request. When provided, Axios will mask specified headers (case-insensitively) at any depth when toJSON() is called [1][5]: axios.get('/user', { headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer token' }, redact: ['authorization'] }).catch(error => { // error.toJSON.config.headers.Authorization will be [REDACTED ] console.error(error.toJSON); }); Key technical details: - Serialization Safety: AxiosError.toJSON() produces a bounded snapshot of the error [6][7]. Recent updates ensure that complex objects like HTTP agents are replaced with '[Agent]' and streamed response bodies are marked as '[Readable]' to prevent CPU spikes or Out-of-Memory (OOM) errors during serialization [6][8]. - Sensitive Data: Relying solely on util.inspect or console.error on the raw AxiosError object remains risky because they may traverse the full object structure, including sensitive headers, bypassing the toJSON() redaction logic [3][4]. Always invoke error.toJSON() or specifically sanitize the object before logging [1][2]. - Sentry Integration: When using @sentry/minimal 6.19.7, passing an AxiosError directly to captureException may attach the full, unredacted error context [9][10][11]. To safely capture context, use the beforeSend hook in your Sentry initialization to sanitize the error or extract only the necessary response data [12]: Sentry.init({ beforeSend(event, hint) { if (hint?.originalException?.isAxiosError) { // Manually extract and attach only what you need event.extra = {...event.extra, status: hint.originalException.response?.status }; } return event; } }); Note: @sentry/minimal was deprecated in Sentry v7; its functionality was moved to @sentry/hub [13]. If possible, upgrade to a newer Sentry SDK version for improved error handling and type support [13].

Citations:

Sensitive Data Exposure (CWE-532): Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Reachability: External · Exploitability: Difficult

Do not log or capture the raw Axios error.

Axios retains the request config on rejected requests, including the Slack bearer token. Sanitize the error before passing it to console.error or Sentry.captureException, while preserving the non-throwing behavior.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@backend/src/helpers/slack/slack-post-message.ts` around lines 33 - 34, Update
the error handling in slackPostMessage so the rejected Axios error is sanitized
before being passed to console.error or Sentry.captureException, removing
sensitive request configuration such as the Slack bearer token while preserving
the existing non-throwing behavior.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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