# Active Debug Code (CWE-489)

The product is deployed to unauthorized actors with debugging code still enabled or active, which can create unintended entry points or information leaks.

**Stack:** JavaScript

- Prevalence: Hoch Häufig ausgenutzt
- Impact: Kritisch 1 Regeln mit kritischem Schweregrad
- Prevention: Dokumentiert 6 Fix-Beispiele

**OWASP:** Security Misconfiguration (A05:2021-Security Misconfiguration) - #5

## Description

Debug code is often written to allow easier testing and debugging. This code is not intended to be shipped to production but is sometimes inadvertently left in the product. Debug code often exposes information about the product's internal structure or creates additional attack surface.

## Prevention

Präventionsstrategien für Active Debug Code basierend auf 1 Shoulder-Erkennungsregeln.

### JavaScript

Use environment variables for debug configuration instead of hardcoded flags

## Warning Signs

- [MEDIUM] Debug flag at line ... is hardcoded to true
- [MEDIUM] hardcoded debug flags that expose sensitive information or enable debugging features in production

## Consequences

- Anwendungsdaten lesen
- Schutzmechanismus umgehen
- Nicht autorisierten Code ausführen

## Mitigations

- Debug-Code vor dem Deployment in die Produktion entfernen
- Build-Konfigurationen verwenden, die Debug-Code automatisch aus Produktions-Builds ausschließen
- Code vor dem Release auf Debug-Endpunkte und Hintertüren prüfen

## Detection

- Total rules: 6
- Critical: 1
- Languages: python, go, javascript, typescript

## Rules by Language

### Javascript (1 rules)

- **Debug Mode Enabled in Production** [MEDIUM]: Detects hardcoded debug flags that expose sensitive information or enable debugging features in production.
  - Remediation: Use environment variables for debug/development mode configuration.

### Typescript (1 rules)

- **Debug Mode Enabled in Production** [MEDIUM]: Detects hardcoded debug flags that expose sensitive information or enable debugging features in production.
  - Remediation: Use environment variables for debug/development mode configuration.