About secret scanning patterns
There are two types of secret scanning alerts:
- Secret scanning alerts: Reported to users in the Security tab of the repository, when a supported secret is detected in the repository.
- Push protection alerts: Reported to users in the Security tab of the repository, when a contributor bypasses push protection.
For in-depth information about each alert type, see About secret scanning alerts.
For details about all the supported patterns, see the Supported secrets section below.
If you use the REST API for secret scanning, you can use the Secret type to report on secrets from specific issuers. For more information, see REST API endpoints for secret scanning.
If you believe that secret scanning should have detected a secret committed to your repository, and it has not, you first need to check that GitHub supports your secret. For more information, refer to the following sections. For more advanced troubleshooting information, see Troubleshooting secret scanning.
Supported secrets
This table lists the secrets supported by secret scanning. You can see the types of alert that get generated for each token, as well as whether a validity check is performed on the token.
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Provider: Name of the token provider.
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Secret scanning alert: Token for which leaks are reported to users on GitHub.
- Applies to private repositories where GitHub Advanced Security and secret scanning are enabled.
- Includes high confidence tokens, which relate to supported patterns and specified custom patterns, as well as non-provider tokens such as private keys, which often result in false positives.
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Push protection: Token for which leaks are reported to users on GitHub. Applies to repositories with secret scanning and push protection enabled.
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Validity check: Token for which a validity check is implemented. Currently only applies to GitHub tokens.
Non-provider patterns
Note
The detection of non-provider patterns is currently in beta and subject to change.
| Provider | Token |
|---|---|
| Generic | http_basic_authentication_header |
| Generic | http_bearer_authentication_header |
| Generic | mongodb_connection_string |
| Generic | mysql_connection_string |
| Generic | openssh_private_key |
| Generic | pgp_private_key |
| Generic | postgres_connection_string |
| Generic | rsa_private_key |
Note
Push protection and validity checks are not supported for non-provider patterns.
High confidence patterns
| Provider | Token | Secret scanning alert | Push protection | Validity check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adafruit | adafruit_io_key | |||
| Adobe | adobe_client_secret | |||
| Adobe | adobe_device_token | |||
| Adobe | adobe_pac_token | |||
| Adobe | adobe_refresh_token | |||
| Adobe | adobe_service_token | |||
| Adobe | adobe_short_lived_access_token | |||
| Aiven | aiven_auth_token | |||
| Aiven | aiven_service_password | |||
| Alibaba | alibaba_cloud_access_key_id alibaba_cloud_access_key_secret | |||
| Amazon AWS | aws_access_key_id aws_secret_access_key | |||
| Amazon AWS | aws_secret_access_key aws_session_token aws_temporary_access_key_id | |||
| Anthropic | anthropic_api_key | |||
| Anthropic | anthropic_session_id | |||
| Asana | asana_legacy_format_personal_access_token | |||
| Asana | asana_personal_access_token | |||
| Atlassian | atlassian_api_token Token versions | |||
| Atlassian | atlassian_jwt | |||
| Authress | authress_service_client_access_key | |||
| Azure | azure_active_directory_application_secret Token versions | |||
| Azure | azure_active_directory_user_credential | |||
| Azure | azure_apim_direct_management_key | |||
| Azure | azure_apim_gateway_key | |||
| Azure | azure_apim_repository_key | |||
| Azure | azure_apim_subscription_key | |||
| Azure | azure_app_configuration_connection_string | |||
| Azure | azure_batch_key_identifiable | |||
| Azure | azure_cache_for_redis_access_key | |||
| Azure | azure_communication_services_connection_string | |||
| Azure | azure_container_registry_key_identifiable | |||
| Azure | azure_cosmosdb_key_identifiable | |||
| Azure | azure_devops_personal_access_token | |||
| Azure | azure_event_hub_key_identifiable | |||
| Azure | azure_function_key | |||
| Azure | azure_iot_device_connection_string | |||
| Azure | azure_iot_device_key | |||
| Azure | azure_iot_device_provisioning_key | |||
| Azure | azure_iot_hub_connection_string | |||
| Azure | azure_iot_hub_key | |||
| Azure | azure_iot_provisioning_connection_string | |||
| Azure | azure_management_certificate | |||
| Azure | azure_ml_web_service_classic_identifiable_key | |||
| Azure | azure_relay_key_identifiable | |||
| Azure | azure_sas_token | |||
| Azure | azure_search_admin_key | |||
| Azure | azure_search_query_key | |||
| Azure | azure_service_bus_identifiable | |||
| Azure | azure_signalr_connection_string | |||
| Azure | azure_sql_connection_string | |||
| Azure | azure_sql_password | |||
| Azure | azure_storage_account_key Token versions | |||
| Azure | azure_web_pub_sub_connection_string | |||
| Azure | microsoft_corporate_network_user_credential | |||
| Baidu | baiducloud_api_accesskey | |||
| Beamer | beamer_api_key | |||
| Bitbucket | bitbucket_server_personal_access_token | |||
| Canadian Digital Service | cds_canada_notify_api_key | |||
| Canva | canva_app_secret | |||
| Canva | canva_connect_api_secret | |||
| Canva | canva_secret | |||
| Cashfree | cashfree_api_key | |||
| Checkout.com | checkout_production_secret_key Token versions | |||
| Checkout.com | checkout_test_secret_key Token versions | |||
| Chief Tools | chief_tools_token | |||
| CircleCI | circleci_bot_access_token | |||
| CircleCI | circleci_personal_access_token | |||
| CircleCI | circleci_project_access_token | |||
| CircleCI | circleci_release_integration_token | |||
| Clojars | clojars_deploy_token | |||
| CloudBees | codeship_credential | |||
| Contentful | contentful_personal_access_token | |||
| crates.io | cratesio_api_token | |||
| Databricks | databricks_access_token | |||
| Defined Networking | defined_networking_nebula_api_key | |||
| DevCycle | devcycle_client_api_key | |||
| DevCycle | devcycle_mobile_api_key | |||
| DevCycle | devcycle_server_api_key | |||
| DigitalOcean | digitalocean_oauth_token | |||
| DigitalOcean | digitalocean_personal_access_token | |||
| DigitalOcean | digitalocean_refresh_token | |||
| DigitalOcean | digitalocean_system_token | |||
| Discord | discord_bot_token Token versions | |||
| Docker | docker_personal_access_token | |||
| Doppler | doppler_audit_token | |||
| Doppler | doppler_cli_token | |||
| Doppler | doppler_personal_token | |||
| Doppler | doppler_scim_token | |||
| Doppler | doppler_service_account_token | |||
| Doppler | doppler_service_token | |||
| Dropbox | dropbox_access_token | |||
| Dropbox | dropbox_short_lived_access_token | |||
| Duffel | duffel_live_access_token | |||
| Duffel | duffel_test_access_token | |||
| Dynatrace | dynatrace_api_token | |||
| Dynatrace | dynatrace_internal_token | |||
| EasyPost | easypost_production_api_key | |||
| EasyPost | easypost_test_api_key | |||
| eBay | ebay_production_client_id ebay_production_client_secret | |||
| eBay | ebay_sandbox_client_id ebay_sandbox_client_secret | |||
| facebook_access_token | ||||
| Fastly | fastly_api_token Token versions | |||
| Figma | figma_pat | |||
| Finicity | finicity_app_key | |||
| Firebase | firebase_cloud_messaging_server_key | |||
| Flutterwave | flutterwave_live_api_secret_key | |||
| Flutterwave | flutterwave_test_api_secret_key | |||
| Frame.io | frameio_developer_token | |||
| Frame.io | frameio_jwt | |||
| FullStory | fullstory_api_key Token versions | |||
| GitHub | github_app_installation_access_token Token versions | |||
| GitHub | github_oauth_access_token Token versions | |||
| GitHub | github_personal_access_token Token versions | |||
| GitHub | github_refresh_token | |||
| GitHub | github_ssh_private_key | |||
| GitHub | github_test_token | |||
| GitHub Secret Scanning | secret_scanning_sample_token | |||
| GitLab | gitlab_access_token | |||
| GoCardless | gocardless_live_access_token | |||
| GoCardless | gocardless_sandbox_access_token | |||
| google_api_key | ||||
| google_cloud_service_account_credentials | ||||
| google_cloud_storage_access_key_secret google_cloud_storage_service_account_access_key_id | ||||
| google_cloud_storage_access_key_secret google_cloud_storage_user_access_key_id | ||||
| google_oauth_access_token | ||||
| google_oauth_client_id google_oauth_client_secret | ||||
| google_oauth_refresh_token | ||||
| Grafana | grafana_cloud_api_key | |||
| Grafana | grafana_cloud_api_token | |||
| Grafana | grafana_project_api_key | |||
| Grafana | grafana_project_service_account_token | |||
| HashiCorp | hashicorp_vault_batch_token Token versions | |||
| HashiCorp | hashicorp_vault_root_service_token | |||
| HashiCorp | hashicorp_vault_service_token Token versions | |||
| HashiCorp | terraform_api_token | |||
| Highnote | highnote_rk_live_key | |||
| Highnote | highnote_rk_test_key | |||
| Highnote | highnote_sk_live_key | |||
| Highnote | highnote_sk_test_key | |||
| HOP | hop_bearer | |||
| HOP | hop_pat | |||
| HOP | hop_ptk | |||
| Hubspot | hubspot_api_key Token versions | |||
| Hubspot | hubspot_personal_access_key | |||
| IBM | ibm_cloud_iam_key | |||
| IBM | ibm_softlayer_api_key | |||
| Intercom | intercom_access_token | |||
| Ionic | ionic_personal_access_token Token versions | |||
| Ionic | ionic_refresh_token Token versions | |||
| JFrog | jfrog_platform_access_token | |||
| JFrog | jfrog_platform_api_key | |||
| JFrog | jfrog_platform_reference_token | |||
| Lightspeed | lightspeed_xs_pat | |||
| Linear | linear_api_key | |||
| Linear | linear_oauth_access_token | |||
| Lob | lob_live_api_key | |||
| Lob | lob_test_api_key | |||
| Localstack | localstack_api_key | |||
| LogicMonitor | logicmonitor_bearer_token | |||
| LogicMonitor | logicmonitor_lmv1_access_key | |||
| Login with Amazon | amazon_oauth_client_id amazon_oauth_client_secret amazon_oauth_client_secret | |||
| Mailchimp | mailchimp_api_key | |||
| Mailgun | mailgun_api_key Token versions | |||
| Mapbox | mapbox_secret_access_token | |||
| MaxMind | maxmind_license_key | |||
| Mercury | mercury_non_production_api_token | |||
| Mercury | mercury_production_api_token | |||
| Mergify | mergify_application_key | |||
| MessageBird | messagebird_api_key | |||
| Midtrans | midtrans_production_server_key | |||
| Midtrans | midtrans_sandbox_server_key | |||
| New Relic | new_relic_insights_query_key | |||
| New Relic | new_relic_license_key | |||
| New Relic | new_relic_personal_api_key | |||
| New Relic | new_relic_rest_api_key | |||
| Notion | notion_integration_token | |||
| Notion | notion_oauth_client_secret | |||
| npm | npm_access_token Token versions | |||
| NuGet | nuget_api_key | |||
| Octopus Deploy | octopus_deploy_api_key | |||
| Oculus | oculus_access_token | |||
| OneChronos | onechronos_api_key | |||
| OneChronos | onechronos_eb_api_key | |||
| OneChronos | onechronos_eb_encryption_key | |||
| OneChronos | onechronos_oauth_token | |||
| OneChronos | onechronos_refresh_token | |||
| Onfido | onfido_live_api_token | |||
| Onfido | onfido_sandbox_api_token | |||
| OpenAI | openai_api_key Token versions | |||
| Orbit | orbit_api_token | |||
| PagerDuty | pagerduty_oauth_secret | |||
| PagerDuty | pagerduty_oauth_token | |||
| Palantir | palantir_jwt | |||
| Persona Identities | persona_production_api_key | |||
| Persona Identities | persona_sandbox_api_key | |||
| pinterest_access_token | ||||
| pinterest_refresh_token | ||||
| PlanetScale | planetscale_database_password | |||
| PlanetScale | planetscale_oauth_token | |||
| PlanetScale | planetscale_service_token | |||
| Plivo | plivo_auth_id plivo_auth_token | |||
| Postman | postman_api_key | |||
| Postman | postman_collection_key | |||
| Prefect | prefect_server_api_key | |||
| Prefect | prefect_user_api_key | |||
| Proctorio | proctorio_consumer_key | |||
| Proctorio | proctorio_linkage_key | |||
| Proctorio | proctorio_registration_key | |||
| Proctorio | proctorio_secret_key Token versions | |||
| Pulumi | pulumi_access_token | |||
| PyPI | pypi_api_token | |||
| ReadMe | readmeio_api_access_token | |||
| redirect.pizza | redirect_pizza_api_token | |||
| Rootly | rootly_api_key | |||
| RubyGems | rubygems_api_key | |||
| Samsara | samsara_api_token | |||
| Samsara | samsara_oauth_access_token | |||
| Segment | segment_public_api_token | |||
| SendGrid | sendgrid_api_key | |||
| Sendinblue | sendinblue_api_key | |||
| Sendinblue | sendinblue_smtp_key | |||
| Shippo | shippo_live_api_token | |||
| Shippo | shippo_test_api_token | |||
| Shopify | shopify_access_token | |||
| Shopify | shopify_app_client_credentials | |||
| Shopify | shopify_app_client_secret | |||
| Shopify | shopify_app_shared_secret | |||
| Shopify | shopify_custom_app_access_token | |||
| Shopify | shopify_marketplace_token | |||
| Shopify | shopify_merchant_token | |||
| Shopify | shopify_partner_api_token | |||
| Shopify | shopify_private_app_password | |||
| Slack | slack_api_token Token versions | |||
| Slack | slack_incoming_webhook_url | |||
| Slack | slack_workflow_webhook_url | |||
| Square | square_access_token Token versions | |||
| Square | square_production_application_secret | |||
| Square | square_sandbox_application_secret | |||
| SSLMate | sslmate_api_key Token versions | |||
| SSLMate | sslmate_cluster_secret | |||
| Stripe | stripe_api_key | |||
| Stripe | stripe_legacy_api_key | |||
| Stripe | stripe_live_restricted_key | |||
| Stripe | stripe_test_restricted_key | |||
| Stripe | stripe_test_secret_key | |||
| Stripe | stripe_webhook_signing_secret | |||
| Supabase | supabase_service_key Token versions | |||
| Tableau | tableau_personal_access_token | |||
| Telegram | telegram_bot_token | |||
| Telnyx | telnyx_api_v2_key | |||
| Tencent | tencent_cloud_secret_id | |||
| Tencent | tencent_wechat_api_app_id | |||
| Twilio | twilio_access_token | |||
| Twilio | twilio_account_sid | |||
| Twilio | twilio_api_key | |||
| Typeform | typeform_personal_access_token | |||
| Uniwise | wiseflow_api_key | |||
| Unkey | unkey_root_key | |||
| VolcEngine | volcengine_access_key_id | |||
| Wakatime | wakatime_api_key | |||
| Wakatime | wakatime_app_secret | |||
| Wakatime | wakatime_oauth_access_token | |||
| Wakatime | wakatime_oauth_refresh_token | |||
| Workato | workato_developer_api_token Token versions | |||
| WorkOS | workos_production_api_key Token versions | |||
| WorkOS | workos_staging_api_key Token versions | |||
| Yandex | yandex_cloud_api_key | |||
| Yandex | yandex_cloud_iam_access_secret | |||
| Yandex | yandex_cloud_iam_cookie | |||
| Yandex | yandex_cloud_iam_token | |||
| Yandex | yandex_cloud_smartcaptcha_server_key | |||
| Yandex | yandex_dictionary_api_key | |||
| Yandex | yandex_predictor_api_key | |||
| Yandex | yandex_translate_api_key | |||
| Zuplo | zuplo_consumer_api_key |
Token versions
Service providers update the patterns used to generate tokens periodically and may support more than one version of a token. Push protection only supports the most recent token versions that secret scanning can identify with confidence. This avoids push protection blocking commits unnecessarily when a result may be a false positive, which is more likely to happen with legacy tokens.