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+---
+title: Detected a python logger call with a potential hardcoded secret
+---
+
+This may lead to secret credentials being exposed. Make sure that the logger is not logging sensitive information.
+
+```grit
+engine marzano(0.1)
+language python
+
+pattern logger_level_function() {
+    or {
+        `debug`,
+        `info`,
+        `warn`,
+        `warning`,
+        `error`,
+        `exception`,
+        `critical`,
+    }
+}
+
+pattern logger_fn() {
+    `getLogger`
+}
+
+logger_statement($format_string, $sensitive_var) as $log_call where {
+    $log_call <: after `$var = logging.$func($string)` => . where {
+        $func <: logger_fn(),
+        $func <: ensure_import_from(source = `logging`),
+    },
+    $var.$log_level($format_string) where {
+        $log_level <: logger_level_function(),
+        $format_string <: r"(?i).*(api.key|secret|credential|token|password).*%s.*",
+        $sensitive_var <: identifier(),
+    },
+} => `$var.$log_level($format_string.replace($sensitive_var, ""))`
+```
+
+## Remove sensitive information from logger
+
+```python
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("some_app")
+
+def some_api_call(foo):
+    return
+
+def call_api(api_key):
+    try:
+        some_api_call(api_key)
+    except:
+        logger.error("api call using api key %s failed.", api_key)    # exposed api key, remove it from the format string.
+```
+
+```python
+def call_api(api_key):
+    try:
+        some_api_call(api_key)
+    except:
+        logger.error("api call using api key failed.")
+```