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# Hardcoded symmetric key

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  <Accordion title="hardcoded-symmetric-key">
    A hard-coded cryptographic key was detected. An attacker that obtains this key via reverse engineering or access to source code will be able to re-use this key to encrypt, decrypt, and/or sign data at will. Cryptographic keys should be unique, and randomly generated per user, per client.<br />**Likelihood**: HIGH<br />**Confidence**: HIGH<br />**CWE**: <br />- CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
    <br />**OWASP**: <br />- A02:2021 - Cryptographic Failures
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