From a7892c1e292a3fa990284e92607e3e89878af84a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Hennion <nicolashennion@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:43:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 47: Clear-text
 logging of sensitive information

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 glances/client.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/glances/client.py b/glances/client.py
index 9da8fed1..e8e60d97 100644
--- a/glances/client.py
+++ b/glances/client.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class GlancesClient:
         try:
             self.client = xmlrpc.xmlrpc_client.ServerProxy(self.uri, transport=transport)
         except Exception as e:
-            self.log_and_exit(f"Client couldn't create socket {self.uri}: {e}")
+            # Do not log self.uri here because it may contain credentials
+            self.log_and_exit(f"Client couldn't create socket to http://{args.client}:{args.port}: {e}")
 
     @property
     def quiet(self):