Release Date: May 29, 2025

In our latest release, we have focused on refining our detection capabilities and introducing new tools to enhance the security of your digital assets. This update includes a new detector for GitLab feature flags tokens, along with significant improvements to existing detectors for AMQP credentials, Confluent keys, and Azure services.

New Detectors

• GitLab Feature Flags Client Token – Detects tokens used for managing feature flags in GitLab projects, crucial for controlling feature rollouts and ensuring smooth deployment processes.

Detector Improvements

• AMQP Credentials – Detector Upgrade: Enhanced multimatch selection to reduce false positive combinations, vital for secure message queuing in distributed systems.
• Confluent Keys – Detector Upgrade: Improved multimatch selection for better accuracy and fewer false positives, essential for managing access to Kafka clusters.
• Generic High Entropy Secret – Detector Upgrade: Excludes secrets ending with '.certificate' from being reported, reducing noise by ignoring non-sensitive certificates.
• Artifactory Token – Analyzer Upgrade: Improved stability by preventing crashes when analyzing secrets with multiple scopes, key for managing and securing software artifacts.
• Microsoft Azure Storage Connection String – Checker Upgrade: Enhanced to accept additional fields, crucial for accessing and managing Azure storage resources securely.
• Microsoft Azure Storage Account Key – Detector Upgrade: Increased precision, reducing false positives, critical for safeguarding data in cloud storage.

Miscellaneous

• Established a priority rule favoring the confluent_api_keys detector over amqp_assignment and amqp_assignment_attached_port detectors.

  Release Date: May 20, 2025

In this release, we've focused on improving detection capabilities for Azure services, given their importance in cloud infrastructure. By introducing new detectors for Azure Entra ID tokens, Communication Services, and App Configuration connection strings, we aim to strengthen the protection of sensitive Azure credentials. These enhancements are essential for maintaining robust security, enabling organizations to use Azure's features safely.

New Detectors

• Azure Entra ID Tokens – Detects tokens used for authentication within Azure's identity management service, Entra ID.
• Azure Communication Services Connection Strings – Identifies connection strings for Azure's comprehensive communication platform.
• Azure DevOps Personal Access Token – Recognizes personal access tokens used to authenticate with Azure DevOps.
• Laravel Encryption Key – Detects encryption keys used in Laravel applications for data security.
• Azure App Configuration Connection String – Identifies connection strings for managing application settings in Azure.
• X AI API Keys – Detects API keys for accessing X AI's artificial intelligence services.

Detector Improvements

• Microsoft Azure Storage Connection String – Detector Upgrade: Improved regex precision for more accurate detection.
• ODBC Connection String – Detector Upgrade: Enhanced regex precision to better identify ODBC connection strings.
• Jira Token – Detector Upgrade: Corrected host regex to accurately match ports.
• SMB Credentials – Detector Upgrade: Now allows percent sign as a separator between username and password in host matches.
• Octopus API Key – Checker Upgrade: Updated to use the correct API endpoint, resolving issues with secret validity checks.

  Release Date: April 29, 2025

As AI adoption accelerates across organizations, securing API keys for platforms like Perplexity AI and Anthropic becomes increasingly critical. This update introduces specialized detectors for these emerging AI services alongside improvements to existing detectors and Azure cloud components.

New Detectors

• Perplexity AI API Keys – Added a new detector for Perplexity AI API keys.
• Azure SignalR Connection String – Introduced a new detector for Azure SignalR Connection Strings.
• Azure Event Grid Access Key – Added new detectors for Azure Event Grid Access Keys and a New Checker for the azure_event_grid_access_key_with_host detector.
• Anthropic Admin Keys – Introduced a new detector and New Checker for Anthropic admin keys.
• GitGuardian Platform Magic Link – Added a new detector for GitGuardian Platform Magic Links.

Detector Improvements

• LDAP Credentials – Checker Upgrade: Improved the LDAP checker to better distinguish between connection errors and invalid credentials. Updated ldap_credentials_assignment_with_dn to remove false positives.
• JSON Web Token – Detector Upgrade: The detector will now detect all JWTs regardless of their contents.
• Cloudinary API Keys – Detector Upgrade: Extended charset of cloudinary_api_key_config to improve recall.
• Auth0 Keys – Detector Upgrade: Improved recall of the detector to detect more domains.
• Claude API Key – Detector Upgrade: Refined regex for Claude API keys.
• Riot Games API Key – Checker Updated: Banlist checker will be deleted.
• LINE Notify Token – Checker Updated: Banlist checker as the service has been discontinued.

  Release Date: April 14, 2025

We're enhancing our engine with a major focus on Artifactory secret detection. Artifactory is a critical artifact repository manager used by thousands of organizations to store, manage, and distribute software packages and dependencies. Compromised Artifactory credentials can lead to supply chain attacks, allowing attackers to poison software dependencies or access proprietary code.

Multiple new detectors have been added for Artifactory:

• Artifactory Reference Token
• Artifactory Reference Token With Host
• Artifactory Master Key
• Artifactory Basic Auth Credentials

Detector Improvements

• Snowflake Credentials – The Snowpark API credentials detector has been enhanced to identify more patterns.
• IBM Cloud Key – We reduced false positives in the IBM Platform API key detector.
• PlanetScale Database Password - Expanded detection to cover more host names for the Planetscale database password detector.
• Artifactory Token With Host - Improved precision for host names.

  Release Date: March 19, 2025

Bringing enhanced accuracy and broader coverage:

New Detectors

• Azure Logic App Shared Access Signature – New detector for Azure Logic App Shared Access Signature.

Detector Improvements

• LINE Messaging OAuth2 – Removed false positives from the LINE Messaging OAuth2 detector.
• OpenAI API Key – Fixed a bug in the analyzer for OpenAI API Key that prevented it from reporting threads:* scopes.

Detector changes

• FCM API Key – Removed FCM API Key checker since its API was removed.

Miscellaneous

• Add User Agent GitGuardian in HTTPClient class used by analyzers.

  Release Date: February 27, 2025

This update introduces several critical security detectors for popular services, notably expanding OpenAI detection capabilities with new Project API Key, Admin API Key, and improved Service Account detection patterns. The addition of 1Password Service Account Token detection is equally significant, as both these services represent high-value security targets. OpenAI API keys provide access to powerful AI capabilities and could lead to substantial usage charges if compromised, while 1Password tokens could potentially expose entire password vaults containing sensitive credentials across an organization.

New Detectors

• OpenAI Project API Key (v2) – Added support for detecting the new format of OpenAI project API keys.
• OpenAI Admin API Key – New detection capability for OpenAI admin API keys.
• Netlify Token (v2) – Introduced detection for the latest version of Netlify tokens.
• 1Password Service Account Token – New detector added to identify 1Password service account tokens.
• DeepSeek API Key – Now detecting DeepSeek API keys.

Improved Detection

• OpenAI Service Account – Expanded pattern coverage for better identification.
• Rails Master Key – Updated detection rules to minimize false positives.
• GitHub Tokens – Improved recall and validation for GitHub authentication tokens.
• Groq API Key – Enhanced detection rules for greater accuracy.
• Artifactory Token – New checker added to improve detection effectiveness.
• Generic Passwords – Excluded secrets containing ***** as they are likely false positives.
• Dropbox Key – Detector group split into Dropbox Key and Dropbox Access Token for improved granularity.
• FCM API Key – Validity check is no longer available since the API has been removed. While we can no longer retrieve the validity status for FCM secrets, we still detect the keys.

  Release Date: February 11, 2025

New Detectors

• SMB Credentials – New detector smb_uri to detect SMB credentials inside a connection URI.
• Microsoft Azure Storage Connection String – New detector for Azure Blob Storage connection strings and a New Checker.
• DeepSeek API Key – Added detector and New Checker for DeepSeek API.
• Netlify Token v2 – New detector added for Netlify token v2.
• 1Password Service Account Token – New detector added for 1Password service account token.

Detector Improvements

• Microsoft Azure Storage Account Key – Detector Upgrade: Removed a false positive from Microsoft Azure Storage Account Key (example from Microsoft documentation).
• Generic Password – Detector Upgrade: Removed secrets with ***** as they are likely to be false positives.
• Groq API Key – Detector Upgrade: Improved recall for Groq API.
• Netlify Token – Checker Upgrade: Updated checker to match the documentation.

Engine Enhancements

• Enabled HTTPChecker to function without a base URL.
• Network caching has been improved in some analyzers, resulting in fewer HTTP calls.

  Release Date: January 28, 2025

New Detectors

• Artifactory Token With Host
• HubSpot Private App Token

Improved Detection for GitHub Tokens

• Enhanced validation for GitHub Enterprise Token
• Refined rules for various GitHub authentication tokens:
  • OAuth Access Token
  • Personal Access Token
  • Server-to-Server Token
  • GitHub Token
  • User-to-Server Token

Browse all past GitGuardian detection engine releases below, including new and modified detectors.

December 23, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.129:
  • Added 1 detector:
    • GitLab OAuth Application Token
  • Modified 4 detectors:
    • Base64 Generic High Entropy Secret
    • GitGuardian Test Token Checked
    • MSSQL Credentials
    • Zendesk Token

December 12, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.128:
  • Added 4 detectors:
    • Jenkins API token
    • chpasswd Username Password
    • Nessus Agent Key
    • Statsig Server Secret Key
  • Modified 1 detector:
    • FTP credentials assignment

November 18, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.126:
  • Added 4 detectors:
    • X-API-Key Secret
    • Azure Functions App Key Header
    • Azure Functions App Key Query Parameter

November 4, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.125:
  • Added 4 detectors:
    • Cloudflare Tunnel Credentials
    • InfluxDB Token
    • InfluxDB Token with Host
    • Rails Master Key Assignment

October 21, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.124:
  • Added 1 detector:
    • BitBucket App Password
  • Modified 5 detectors:
    • Generic CLI Option Secret
    • MongoDB CLI Credentials
    • MySQL CLI Credentials
    • PostgreSQL CLI Credentials
    • Redis CLI Password

October 7, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.122: Enhance recall and coverage while expanding the range of detectable secrets with new and updated detectors.
  • Added 3 detectors:
    • Atlassian Access Token
    • Bitbucket Access Token
    • Mistral AI API Key
  • Modified 1 detector:
    • Base64 Generic High Entropy Secret

August 26, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

Secrets detection engine upgrade to v2.120: Enhance recall and coverage while expanding the range of detectable secrets with updated detectors.

• Added 2 detectors:
  • Generic Password YAML
  • Buildkite API Token V2
• Modified 6 detectors:
  • Generic Database Assignment
  • Base64 Generic High Entropy Secret
  • Generic Password
  • Username Password
  • DigitalOcean Spaces Keys
  • reCAPTCHA Key

Note concerning the reCAPTCHA Key detector: Due to changes in the behavior of some Google APIs, we are no longer able to ensure the validity of reCaptcha keys. As this detector could be quite "noisy" the validity of the keys was a mandatory prerequisite in the detection flow and this can no longer be the case. We have however improved this detector to be as efficient as possible.

August 14, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.117: Enhance recall and coverage while expanding the range of detectable secrets with new and updated detectors.
  • Added 2 detectors: Serpapi Token and Tavily API Key
  • Modified 1 detector: GitLab Token

July 15, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.116: Enhance recall and coverage while expanding the range of detectable secrets with new and updated detectors.

  Added 1 detector

  • JetBrains TeamCity config value
  Modified 3 generic detectors

  • Base64 Generic High Entropy Secret
  • Base64 Generic High Entropy Secret
  • Generic Password
  Modified 78 specific detectors

  We have enhanced our approach to searching for the prefix linked to the secret, considering more complex scenarios. This allows us to improve recall.

  
  

  • Adafruit IO API Key
  • Airtable API Key v2
  • Alchemy API Key
  • Amazon MWS Token
  • Checkout.com Sandbox API Secret Key
  • CircleCI Personal Token
  • Claude API Key
  • Clojars Deploy Token
  • Cloudinary API key URL
  • Contentful Content Management API Key
  • DigitalOcean OAuth Application Token V1
  • DigitalOcean Personal Access Token V1
  • DigitalOcean Refresh Token V1
  • Discord Webhook URL
  • Docker Swarm Join Token
  • Docker Swarm Unlock Key
  • EasyPost API Key
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging API Key
  • Figma Personal Access Token
  • Flutterwave API Key
  • Frame IO Token
  • GitHub fine-grained personal access token
  • GitHub Oauth Access Token
  • GitHub Personal Access Token
  • GitHub Server-to-server Token
  • GitHub User-to-server Token
  • GitLab Token
  • Grafana Cloud API Key
  • Grafana Service Account Token
  • Groq API Key
  • Heartland API key
  • Langchain API Key
  • Linear API Key
  • Base64 Midtrans API Key
  • Notion Integration Token
  • npm Token Prefixed
  • Nylas API Key
  • OpenAI Project API Key
  • Paystack Key
  • Plaid Access Token
  • PlanetScale OAuth Token
  • Postman API Key
  • PubNub Publish Key
  • Readme API Key
  • Riot Games API Key
  • RubyGems.org API Key
  • Samsara API Key
  • SendinBlue Key v3
  • Sentry Org Auth Token
  • Sentry User Auth Token v2
  • Shippo API token
  • Shopify Generic App Token
  • Shopify Private App Token
  • Slack App Token
  • Slack Configuration Refresh Token
  • Slack Configuration Token
  • Slack User Token
  • Sourcegraph Access Token v3
  • Sourcegraph Enterprise subscription Token
  • Sourcegraph License Key Token
  • Sourcegraph Access Token v2
  • Sourcegraph User Gateway Access Token
  • Sqreen Token
  • Square Access Token
  • Stripe Webhook Secret
  • Tailscale API Key
  • Tailscale OAuth Key
  • Tailscale Pre-Authentication Key
  • Tailscale SCIM Key
  • Tailscale Webhook Key
  • Typeform API Token
  • Ubidots Token
  • Vercel Blob Token
  • WakaTime API Key
  • WePay token
  • Yandex Predictor API Key
  • Zillow Key
  • Zuplo API Key

June 17, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.115: Enhance recall and coverage while expanding the range of detectable secrets with new and updated detectors.
  • 4 detectors added: Sentry Org Auth Token, Sentry User Auth Token v2, Slack Configuration Refresh Token, Slack Configuration Token
  • 5 detectors updated: Equinix Authentication Token, Sentry User Auth Token v1, Signifyd API Key, Slack Bot Token, Slack User Token

June 4, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine upgrade to version 2.114: Enhance recall and coverage while expanding the range of detectable secrets with new and updated detectors.
  • 9 detectors added: ASP.NET Decryption Key, ASP.NET Validation Key, Langchain API Key, OpenAI Project API Key, OpenAI Service Account, Sourcegraph Enterprise Subscription Token, Sourcegraph License Key Token, Sourcegraph User Gateway Access Token, WakaTime API Key
  • 4 detectors updated: Sentry Token, Generic Database assignment, Generic FTP Assignment, Generic Username Password

May 20, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine: upgrade to version 2.113 with the addition of 5 new detectors (Nylas API Key,Sourcegraph Access Token v3, Duplo Cloud API Key,Fernet Key, Vercel Blob Token) and the improvement of 10 detectors (Base64 Generic High Entropy Secret, Generic Database Assignment, Generic High Entropy Secret, PostgreSQL CLI Credentials, Postgres assignment attached port, PostgreSQL Pgpass Credentials, PostgreSQL URI, Sourcegraph Access Token v2, Yelp API Key, Google Gemini API Key).

April 23, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine: upgrade to version 2.111 with the addition of 3 new detectors (Grafana Cloud API Key, Groq API Key, Nx Cloud Token) and the improvement of 1 detector (Generic High Entropy Secret)

April 15, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine: Generic CLI Secret and Generic Database Assignment detectors are now supported and active by default for data sources other than VCS.
• Secrets detection engine: upgrade to version 2.110 with the addition of 4 new detectors (Dropbox Key, Midtrans API Key, Sanity Token, Zuplo API Key) and the improvements of 3 detectors (Artifactory Token, GoCardless API Key, Plivo Auth Tokens).

April 8, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine: upgrade to version 2.109 with the addition of 2 new detectors (Azure Open AI API key, Kubernetes Docker Secret) and the improvement of 4 detectors (GitLab Token, Google API Key, Okta Keys, Slack Bot Token)

March 18, 2024​

Secrets Detection​

• Secrets detection engine: upgrade to version 2.108 with the addition of 3 new detectors (Snowflake API credentials, Replicate User Access Token, Workato API Key) and the improvement of 3 detectors (Rails Master Key, Generic password, Generic High Entropy secret)