Debug statements are always useful during development. But include them in production code - particularly in code that runs client-side - and you run the risk of inadvertently exposing sensitive information, slowing down the browser, or even erroring-out the site for some users.

== Noncompliant Code Example

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console.log(password_entered); // Noncompliant
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== See

* https://owasp.org/Top10/A09_2021-Security_Logging_and_Monitoring_Failures/[OWASP Top 10 2021 Category A9] - Security Logging and Monitoring Failures
* https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10-2017_A3-Sensitive_Data_Exposure[OWASP Top 10 2017 Category A3] - Sensitive Data Exposure

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