The Top 5 Most Common Security Issues I Discover When Reviewing Code

Published

2022-06-10 16:00

Collected

2026-07-04 10:56

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id: 2761
title: "The Top 5 Most Common Security Issues I Discover When Reviewing Code"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/top-5-most-common-security-issues-i-discover-when-reviewing-code"
published_at: "2022-06-10T16:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "code-review", "secure-coding", "cryptography", "owasp", "vulnerabilities", "pii", "logging"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2761"
lang: en
---

# The Top 5 Most Common Security Issues I Discover When Reviewing Code

## Summary

A veteran code reviewer counts down the five security issues he finds most often, starting with PII and secrets leaking into logs and poor cryptography choices, with Python and Ruby examples.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2022-06-10T16:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/top-5-most-common-security-issues-i-discover-when-reviewing-code
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2761