Find plain text secrets
org.openrewrite.java.search.FindSecrets
Find secrets stored in plain text in code.
Tags
- security
Recipe source
GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central
License
This recipe is available under the Apache License 2.0.
Definition
- Recipe List
- Yaml Recipe List
- Find within comments and literals
- patterns:
[(xox[pboa]-[0-9]{12}-[0-9]{12}-[0-9]{12}-[a-z0-9]{32}), -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----, -----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----, -----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----, -----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----, ((?:A3T[A-Z0-9]|AKIA|AGPA|AIDA|AROA|AIPA|ANPA|ANVA|ASIA)[A-Z0-9]{16}), amzn\.mws\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}, AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}, da2-[a-z0-9]{26}, EAACEdEose0cBA[0-9A-Za-z]+, [fF][aA][cC][eE][bB][oO][oO][kK].*['|"][0-9a-f]{32}['|"], [gG][iI][tT][hH][uU][bB].*['|"][0-9a-zA-Z]{35,40}['|"], [aA][pP][iI]_?[kK][eE][yY].*['|"][0-9a-zA-Z]{32,45}['|"], [sS][eE][cC][rR][eE][tT].*['|"][0-9a-zA-Z]{32,45}['|"], AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, [0-9]+-[0-9A-Za-z_]{32}\.apps\.googleusercontent\.com, AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, [0-9]+-[0-9A-Za-z_]{32}\.apps\.googleusercontent\.com, "type": "service_account", AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, [0-9]+-[0-9A-Za-z_]{32}\.apps\.googleusercontent\.com, ya29\.[0-9A-Za-z\-_]+, AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, [0-9]+-[0-9A-Za-z_]{32}\.apps\.googleusercontent\.com, [hH][eE][rR][oO][kK][uU].*[0-9A-F]{8}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{12}, [0-9a-f]{32}-us[0-9]{1,2}, key-[0-9a-zA-Z]{32}, [a-zA-Z]{3,10}://[^/\s:@]{3,20}:[^/\s:@]{3,20}@.{1,100}["'\s], access_token\$production\$[0-9a-z]{16}\$[0-9a-f]{32}, sk_live_[0-9a-z]{32}, https://hooks\.slack\.com/services/T[a-zA-Z0-9_]{8}/B[a-zA-Z0-9_]{8}/[a-zA-Z0-9_]{24}, sk_live_[0-9a-zA-Z]{24}, rk_live_[0-9a-zA-Z]{24}, sq0atp-[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{22}, sq0csp-[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{43}, [0-9]+:AA[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{33}, SK[0-9a-fA-F]{32}, [tT][wW][iI][tT][tT][eE][rR].*[1-9][0-9]+-[0-9a-zA-Z]{40}, [tT][wW][iI][tT][tT][eE][rR].*['|"][0-9a-zA-Z]{35,44}['|"]]
- patterns:
---
type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
name: org.openrewrite.java.search.FindSecrets
displayName: Find plain text secrets
description: |
Find secrets stored in plain text in code.
tags:
- security
recipeList:
- org.openrewrite.java.search.FindComments:
patterns: [(xox[pboa]-[0-9]{12}-[0-9]{12}-[0-9]{12}-[a-z0-9]{32}), -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----, -----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----, -----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----, -----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----, ((?:A3T[A-Z0-9]|AKIA|AGPA|AIDA|AROA|AIPA|ANPA|ANVA|ASIA)[A-Z0-9]{16}), amzn\.mws\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}, AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}, da2-[a-z0-9]{26}, EAACEdEose0cBA[0-9A-Za-z]+, [fF][aA][cC][eE][bB][oO][oO][kK].*['|"][0-9a-f]{32}['|"], [gG][iI][tT][hH][uU][bB].*['|"][0-9a-zA-Z]{35,40}['|"], [aA][pP][iI]_?[kK][eE][yY].*['|"][0-9a-zA-Z]{32,45}['|"], [sS][eE][cC][rR][eE][tT].*['|"][0-9a-zA-Z]{32,45}['|"], AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, [0-9]+-[0-9A-Za-z_]{32}\.apps\.googleusercontent\.com, AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, [0-9]+-[0-9A-Za-z_]{32}\.apps\.googleusercontent\.com, "type": "service_account", AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, [0-9]+-[0-9A-Za-z_]{32}\.apps\.googleusercontent\.com, ya29\.[0-9A-Za-z\-_]+, AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}, [0-9]+-[0-9A-Za-z_]{32}\.apps\.googleusercontent\.com, [hH][eE][rR][oO][kK][uU].*[0-9A-F]{8}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{12}, [0-9a-f]{32}-us[0-9]{1,2}, key-[0-9a-zA-Z]{32}, [a-zA-Z]{3,10}://[^/\s:@]{3,20}:[^/\s:@]{3,20}@.{1,100}["'\s], access_token\$production\$[0-9a-z]{16}\$[0-9a-f]{32}, sk_live_[0-9a-z]{32}, https://hooks\.slack\.com/services/T[a-zA-Z0-9_]{8}/B[a-zA-Z0-9_]{8}/[a-zA-Z0-9_]{24}, sk_live_[0-9a-zA-Z]{24}, rk_live_[0-9a-zA-Z]{24}, sq0atp-[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{22}, sq0csp-[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{43}, [0-9]+:AA[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{33}, SK[0-9a-fA-F]{32}, [tT][wW][iI][tT][tT][eE][rR].*[1-9][0-9]+-[0-9a-zA-Z]{40}, [tT][wW][iI][tT][tT][eE][rR].*['|"][0-9a-zA-Z]{35,44}['|"]]
Usage
This recipe has no required configuration parameters and comes from a rewrite core library. It can be activated directly without adding any dependencies.
- Gradle
- Gradle init script
- Maven POM
- Maven Command Line
- Moderne CLI
- Add the following to your
build.gradle
file:
plugins {
id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("7.1.5")
}
rewrite {
activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.java.search.FindSecrets")
setExportDatatables(true)
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
- Run
gradle rewriteRun
to run the recipe.
- Create a file named
init.gradle
in the root of your project.
initscript {
repositories {
maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2" }
}
dependencies { classpath("org.openrewrite:plugin:latest.release") }
}
rootProject {
plugins.apply(org.openrewrite.gradle.RewritePlugin)
dependencies {
rewrite("org.openrewrite:rewrite-java")
}
rewrite {
activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.java.search.FindSecrets")
setExportDatatables(true)
}
afterEvaluate {
if (repositories.isEmpty()) {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
}
}
}
- Run the recipe.
gradle --init-script init.gradle rewriteRun
- Add the following to your
pom.xml
file:
<project>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>rewrite-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>6.2.0</version>
<configuration>
<exportDatatables>true</exportDatatables>
<activeRecipes>
<recipe>org.openrewrite.java.search.FindSecrets</recipe>
</activeRecipes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
- Run
mvn rewrite:run
to run the recipe.
You will need to have Maven installed on your machine before you can run the following command.
mvn -U org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:run -Drewrite.activeRecipes=org.openrewrite.java.search.FindSecrets -Drewrite.exportDatatables=true
You will need to have configured the Moderne CLI on your machine before you can run the following command.
mod run . --recipe FindSecrets
If the recipe is not available locally, then you can install it using:
mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite:rewrite-java:8.47.1
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Data Tables
Source files that had results
org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults
Source files that were modified by the recipe run.
Column Name | Description |
---|---|
Source path before the run | The source path of the file before the run. null when a source file was created during the run. |
Source path after the run | A recipe may modify the source path. This is the path after the run. null when a source file was deleted during the run. |
Parent of the recipe that made changes | In a hierarchical recipe, the parent of the recipe that made a change. Empty if this is the root of a hierarchy or if the recipe is not hierarchical at all. |
Recipe that made changes | The specific recipe that made a change. |
Estimated time saving | An estimated effort that a developer to fix manually instead of using this recipe, in unit of seconds. |
Cycle | The recipe cycle in which the change was made. |
Source files that errored on a recipe
org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors
The details of all errors produced by a recipe run.
Column Name | Description |
---|---|
Source path | The file that failed to parse. |
Recipe that made changes | The specific recipe that made a change. |
Stack trace | The stack trace of the failure. |
Recipe performance
org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats
Statistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.
Column Name | Description |
---|---|
The recipe | The recipe whose stats are being measured both individually and cumulatively. |
Source file count | The number of source files the recipe ran over. |
Source file changed count | The number of source files which were changed in the recipe run. Includes files created, deleted, and edited. |
Cumulative scanning time | The total time spent across the scanning phase of this recipe. |
99th percentile scanning time | 99 out of 100 scans completed in this amount of time. |
Max scanning time | The max time scanning any one source file. |
Cumulative edit time | The total time spent across the editing phase of this recipe. |
99th percentile edit time | 99 out of 100 edits completed in this amount of time. |
Max edit time | The max time editing any one source file. |
Contributors
Jonathan Schneider, Knut Wannheden, Sam Snyder, Tim te Beek, Jonathan Leitschuh