Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 3: Log Injection#5
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Potential fix for https://github.com/devwithkrishna/example-python-application/security/code-scanning/3
To fix the log injection issue, we need to sanitize the user-provided values before logging them. Specifically, we should remove any newline characters from the
item.coloranditem.usernamevalues to prevent log injection attacks. This can be done using thereplacemethod to replace\r\nand\nwith empty strings.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.