The password is hashed in the seed — still a problem?

Yes. If the script hashes a committed constant, the plaintext is in the repo and the hash stores it faithfully. Anyone with the repo knows admin/admin123 and can log in.

It's only for local development.

Seed scripts are how staging gets built too — and 'local' accounts end up reachable when staging uses production auth. The finding is about the committed credential, wherever it eventually works.

Env-sourced with fail-fast, or generated at seed time and printed once. Then rotate: the committed password is known in every environment the seed touched.

C46

Access & auth

Seed Credentials Check — Does admin/admin123 Still Work?

DevMeth checks the 48 known AI-code failure patterns — not a penetration test or a security guarantee.

What the issue is

Seed scripts commit working admin credentials — everyone who ever cloned the repo knows the login, and the account outlives the demo by years.

Why AI tools generate it

AI scaffolds generate seeds with admin/admin123 because tutorials ship it; nothing in the app complains when that account still logs in.

How DevMeth detects it

A code scan flags seed/bootstrap scripts that write plaintext password literals, or hash a password from a committed constant. Env-sourced and generated-at-seed-time passwords are not flagged.

C46

What a finding looks like

High

Seed scripts ship working credentials

WHAT WE FOUND

C46 — masked sample

Sample — illustrative and masked exactly as a real report shows it. Run a free scan to see your own results.

The fix, in three steps

Source seed credentials from the environment (fail fast) or generate at seed time and print once — then rotate the exposed account everywhere the seed ran.

Run a free scan and each finding carries a paste-ready fix prompt you can act on.

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FAQ

DevMeth checks the 48 known AI-code failure patterns — not a penetration test or a security guarantee. A clear result means each known pattern was checked and found clear or not applicable for your app; it is not a guarantee of security.