prompt: zero password memory after running the command to be slightly more secure

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/commands.cc b/src/commands.cc
index 3ddfcc3a..119aa0fe 100644
--- a/src/commands.cc
+++ b/src/commands.cc
@@ -1585,7 +1585,11 @@ const CommandDesc prompt_cmd = {
                 CommandManager::instance().execute(command, context, shell_context);
 
                 if (password)
+                {
+                    const String& str = RegisterManager::instance()[reg].values(context)[0];
+                    memset(const_cast<String&>(str).data(), 0, (int)str.length());
                     RegisterManager::instance()[reg] = ConstArrayView<String>("");
+                }
             });
     }
 };