diff --git a/rules/javascript/security/node-sequelize-empty-password-argument-javascript.yml b/rules/javascript/security/node-sequelize-empty-password-argument-javascript.yml
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index eaabe687..00000000
--- a/rules/javascript/security/node-sequelize-empty-password-argument-javascript.yml
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-id: node-sequelize-empty-password-argument-javascript
-language: javascript
-severity: warning
-message: >-
-  The application creates a database connection with an empty password.
-  This can lead to unauthorized access by either an internal or external
-  malicious actor. To prevent this vulnerability, enforce authentication
-  when connecting to a database by using environment variables to securely
-  provide credentials or retrieving them from a secure vault or HSM
-  (Hardware Security Module).
-note: >-
-  [CWE-287] Improper Authentication.
-  [REFERENCES]
-      - https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html
-utils:
-  MATCH_BLANK_PASSWORD:
-    kind: string
-    pattern: $Q
-    inside:
-      stopBy: end
-      kind: lexical_declaration
-      all:
-        - has:
-            stopBy: end
-            kind: new_expression
-            all:
-              - has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: identifier
-                  pattern: $E
-              - has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: arguments
-                  nthChild: 2
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: string
-                    nthChild: 3
-                    pattern: $Q
-                    not:
-                      has:
-                        stopBy: end
-                        kind: string_fragment
-        - any:
-            - follows:
-                stopBy: end
-                kind: lexical_declaration
-                has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: variable_declarator
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: identifier
-                    pattern: $E
-            - follows:
-                stopBy: end
-                kind: import_statement
-                has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: import_clause
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: identifier
-                    pattern: $E
-            - follows:
-                stopBy: end
-                kind: import_statement
-                has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: import_clause
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: identifier
-                    pattern: $E
-
-rule:
-  kind: string
-  matches: MATCH_BLANK_PASSWORD
diff --git a/rules/python/security/python-cassandra-empty-password-python.yml b/rules/python/security/python-cassandra-empty-password-python.yml
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index 060ce96d..00000000
--- a/rules/python/security/python-cassandra-empty-password-python.yml
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@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-id: python-cassandra-empty-password-python
-language: python
-severity: warning
-message: >-
-  The application creates a database connection with an empty password.
-      This can lead to unauthorized access by either an internal or external
-      malicious actor. To prevent this vulnerability, enforce authentication
-      when connecting to a database by using environment variables to securely
-      provide credentials or retrieving them from a secure vault or HSM
-      (Hardware Security Module).
-note: >-
-  [CWE-287]: Improper Authentication
-  [REFERENCES]
-      - https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html
-
-utils:
-  from_imported_module:
-    any:
-      - pattern: PlainTextAuthProvider($USER, $QUOTES)
-      - pattern: PlainTextAuthProvider($USER, $QUOTES, $$$)
-      - pattern: PlainTextAuthProvider($$$, password=$QUOTES)
-      - pattern: PlainTextAuthProvider($$$, password=$QUOTES, $$$)
-      - pattern: SaslAuthProvider($$$, password=$QUOTES)
-      - pattern: SaslAuthProvider($$$, password=$QUOTES, $$$)
-      - pattern: PlainTextAuthProvider(username='user', password='')
-
-  inside_module_with_import_statement:
-    inside:
-      stopBy: end
-      kind: module
-      has:
-        kind: import_from_statement
-        pattern: from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider
-
-rule:
-  any:
-    - pattern: cassandra.auth.PlainTextAuthProvider($USER, $QUOTES)
-    - pattern: cassandra.auth.PlainTextAuthProvider($USER, $QUOTES, $$$)
-    - pattern: cassandra.auth.PlainTextAuthProvider($$$, password=$QUOTES)
-    - pattern: cassandra.auth.PlainTextAuthProvider($$$, password=$QUOTES, $$$)
-    - pattern: cassandra.auth.SaslAuthProvider($$$, password=$QUOTES)
-    - pattern: cassandra.auth.SaslAuthProvider($$$, password=$QUOTES, $$$)
-    - any:
-        - matches: from_imported_module
-          follows:
-            stopBy: end
-            matches: inside_module_with_import_statement
-
-constraints:
-  QUOTES:
-    regex: (''|""|``)
diff --git a/rules/python/security/python-couchbase-empty-password-python.yml b/rules/python/security/python-couchbase-empty-password-python.yml
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index c5178d17..00000000
--- a/rules/python/security/python-couchbase-empty-password-python.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-id: python-couchbase-empty-password-python
-language: python
-severity: warning
-message: >-
-  The application creates a database connection with an empty password.
-  This can lead to unauthorized access by either an internal or external
-  malicious actor. To prevent this vulnerability, enforce authentication
-  when connecting to a database by using environment variables to securely
-  provide credentials or retrieving them from a secure vault or HSM
-  (Hardware Security Module).
-note: >-
-  [CWE-287]: Improper Authentication
-  [OWASP A07:2021]: Identification and Authentication Failures
-  [REFERENCES]
-       https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html
-utils:
-  match_passwordauthenticator:
-    kind: call
-    all:
-      - has:
-          kind: identifier
-          pattern: $R
-      - has:
-          stopBy: neighbor
-          kind: argument_list
-          all:
-            - any:
-                - has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: attribute
-                    has:
-                      stopBy: neighbor
-                      kind: identifier
-                - has:
-                    stopBy: neighbor
-                    kind: string
-            - has:
-                stopBy: neighbor
-                kind: string
-                not:
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: neighbor
-                    kind: string_content
-
-      - inside:
-          stopBy: end
-          kind: module
-          has:
-            stopBy: end
-            kind: import_from_statement
-            all:
-              - has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: dotted_name
-                  field: module_name
-                  all:
-                    - has:
-                        stopBy: end
-                        kind: identifier
-                        regex: couchbase_core
-                    - has:
-                        stopBy: end
-                        kind: identifier
-                        regex: cluster
-              - has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: dotted_name
-                  field: name
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: identifier
-                    pattern: $R
-                    regex: PasswordAuthenticator
-rule:
-  all:
-    - matches: match_passwordauthenticator
diff --git a/rules/python/security/python-ldap3-empty-password-python.yml b/rules/python/security/python-ldap3-empty-password-python.yml
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index 9d58d450..00000000
--- a/rules/python/security/python-ldap3-empty-password-python.yml
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@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-id: python-ldap3-empty-password-python
-language: python
-severity: warning
-message: >-
-  The application creates a database connection with an empty password.
-  This can lead to unauthorized access by either an internal or external
-  malicious actor. To prevent this vulnerability, enforce authentication
-  when connecting to a database by using environment variables to securely
-  provide credentials or retrieving them from a secure vault or HSM
-  (Hardware Security Module).
-note: >-
-  [OWASP A07:2021]: Identification and Authentication Failures
-  [REFERENCES]
-       https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html
-utils:
-  match_empty_password:
-    kind: expression_statement
-    all:
-      - has:
-          stopBy: end
-          kind: attribute
-      - has:
-          stopBy: end
-          kind: argument_list
-          all:
-            - has:
-                stopBy: end
-                kind: keyword_argument
-                all:
-                  - has:
-                      stopBy: end
-                      kind: identifier
-                      regex: "^password$"
-                  - has:
-                      stopBy: neighbor
-                      kind: string
-                      not:
-                        has:
-                          stopBy: neighbor
-                          kind: string_content
-rule:
-  any:
-    - matches: match_empty_password
diff --git a/rules/typescript/security/node-sequelize-empty-password-argument-typescript.yml b/rules/typescript/security/node-sequelize-empty-password-argument-typescript.yml
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index a5eab9dd..00000000
--- a/rules/typescript/security/node-sequelize-empty-password-argument-typescript.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-id: node-sequelize-empty-password-argument-typescript
-language: typescript
-severity: warning
-message: >-
-  The application creates a database connection with an empty password.
-  This can lead to unauthorized access by either an internal or external
-  malicious actor. To prevent this vulnerability, enforce authentication
-  when connecting to a database by using environment variables to securely
-  provide credentials or retrieving them from a secure vault or HSM
-  (Hardware Security Module).
-note: >-
-  [CWE-287] Improper Authentication.
-  [REFERENCES]
-      - https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html
-utils:
-  MATCH_BLANK_PASSWORD:
-    kind: string
-    pattern: $Q
-    inside:
-      stopBy: end
-      kind: lexical_declaration
-      all:
-        - has:
-            stopBy: end
-            kind: new_expression
-            all:
-              - has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: identifier
-                  pattern: $E
-              - has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: arguments
-                  nthChild: 2
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: string
-                    nthChild: 3
-                    pattern: $Q
-                    not:
-                      has:
-                        stopBy: end
-                        kind: string_fragment
-        - any:
-            - follows:
-                stopBy: end
-                kind: lexical_declaration
-                has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: variable_declarator
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: identifier
-                    pattern: $E
-            - follows:
-                stopBy: end
-                kind: import_statement
-                has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: import_clause
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: identifier
-                    pattern: $E
-            - follows:
-                stopBy: end
-                kind: import_statement
-                has:
-                  stopBy: end
-                  kind: import_clause
-                  has:
-                    stopBy: end
-                    kind: identifier
-                    pattern: $E
-
-rule:
-  kind: string
-  matches: MATCH_BLANK_PASSWORD