Ruby stdlib

Checks for creation of telnet servers or attempts to connect through telnet. This is insecure as the telnet protocol supports no encryption, and data passes through unencrypted.
Likelihood: MEDIUM
Confidence: MEDIUM
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Checks for requests sent to http:// URLs. This is dangerous as the server is attempting to connect to a website that does not encrypt traffic with TLS. Instead, only send requests to https:// URLs.
Likelihood: MEDIUM
Confidence: MEDIUM
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Checks for outgoing connections to ftp servers with the ‘net/ftp’ package. FTP does not encrypt traffic, possibly leading to PII being sent plaintext over the network. Instead, connect via the SFTP protocol.
Likelihood: MEDIUM
Confidence: MEDIUM
CWE:
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Checks for requests to http and ftp (unencrypted) sites using OpenURI.
Likelihood: MEDIUM
Confidence: MEDIUM
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Checks for requests to http (unencrypted) sites using some of ruby’s most popular REST/HTTP libraries, including httparty and restclient.
Likelihood: MEDIUM
Confidence: MEDIUM
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