Reduce Express fingerprinting

#Metadata

Rule ID

ts.security.express-reduce-fingerprint

Severity

medium

Confidence

0.84

Languages

javascript, typescript

Presets

security, strict

Stability

stable

Applies to

file

Tags

express, headers, rules-catalog, security

#Why it matters

Framework fingerprinting gives attackers unnecessary detail about the stack they are targeting.

#Remediation

Disable `x-powered-by` or use equivalent middleware to reduce framework fingerprinting.

#Repository path

The generated metadata points to critiq-rules/libs/rules/catalog/rules/typescript/ts.security.express-reduce-fingerprint.rule.yaml.