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Test case 94268

Description

CWE: 319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
BadSource: listen_socket Read the password using a listen socket (server side)
GoodSource: Use a hardcoded password (one that was not sent over the network)
Sinks:
GoodSink: Decrypt the password before using it in an authentication API call to show that it was transferred as ciphertext
BadSink : Use the password directly from the source in an authentication API call to show that it was transferred as plaintext
Flow Variant: 43 Data flow: data flows using a C++ reference from one function to another in the same source file

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