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ID: javascript-express/default-session-config

Language: JavaScript

Severity: Warning

Category: Security

CWE: 523

Description

Avoid leaving your session cookies open to exploits or unauthorized access, by overriding default values.

Setting the name value to something generic is better than using the default value.

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• Express Security Best Practices

Non-Compliant Code Examples

const session = require('express-session')

app.use(
    session({
        secret: "secret"
    })
)

Compliant Code Examples

const session = require('express-session')

app.use(
    session({
        secret: "secret",
        name: 'sessionId'
    })
)