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AWS Secret Access Key detected

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Defintion

rules:
  - id: detected-aws-secret-access-key
    patterns:
      - pattern-regex: (("|'|`)?((?i)aws)_?\w*((?i)secret)_?\w*("|'|`)?\s{0,50}(:|=>|=)\s{0,50}("|'|`)?[A-Za-z0-9/+=]{40}("|'|`)?)
      - pattern-not-regex: (?i)example|sample|test|fake|xxxxxx
    languages:
      - regex
    message: AWS Secret Access Key detected
    severity: ERROR
    metadata:
      cwe:
        - "CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials"
      source-rule-url: https://github.com/grab/secret-scanner/blob/master/scanner/signatures/pattern.go
      category: security
      technology:
        - secrets
        - aws
      confidence: LOW
      owasp:
        - A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures
      references:
        - https://owasp.org/Top10/A07_2021-Identification_and_Authentication_Failures
      cwe2022-top25: true
      cwe2021-top25: true
      subcategory:
        - audit
      likelihood: LOW
      impact: HIGH
      license: Commons Clause License Condition v1.0[LGPL-2.1-only]
      vulnerability_class:
        - Hard-coded Secrets

Examples

detected-aws-secret-access-key.txt

# ruleid: detected-aws-secret-access-key
aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEFUCDlEKEY

# ruleid: detected-aws-secret-access-key
aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEFUCDlEKEY

# ok: detected-aws-secret-access-key
aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY

# ok: detected-aws-secret-access-key
aws_secret_access_key:wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYESAMPLEKEY

# ok: detected-aws-secret-access-key
aws_secret_access_key:SAMPLEUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXXXXXXKEY

# ok: detected-aws-secret-access-key
aws_secret_access_key:wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYESATESTKEY

# ok: detected-aws-secret-access-key
aws_secret_access_key:wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYESAFAKEKEY

# ok: detected-aws-secret-access-key
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx