generic.secrets.security.detected-generic-secret.detected-generic-secret
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Defintion
rules:
- id: detected-generic-secret
patterns:
- pattern-regex: "[sS][eE][cC][rR][eE][tT][:=
\\t]*['|\\\"]?(?<SECRET>[0-9a-zA-Z]{32,45})['|\\\"]?"
- metavariable-analysis:
analyzer: entropy
metavariable: $SECRET
languages:
- regex
message: Generic Secret detected
severity: ERROR
metadata:
cwe:
- "CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials"
source-rule-url: https://github.com/dxa4481/truffleHogRegexes/blob/master/truffleHogRegexes/regexes.json
category: security
technology:
- secrets
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: MEDIUM
license: Commons Clause License Condition v1.0[LGPL-2.1-only]
vulnerability_class:
- Hard-coded Secrets
Examples
detected-generic-secret.txt
# ruleid: detected-generic-secret
secret=1234567890123456789012345678901234567890
# ruleid: detected-generic-secret
SECRET: 123567890123456789012345678901234567890
# ok: detected-generic-secret
secretary: 123567890123456789012345678901234567890s
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