ASP.NET Decryption Key

Description

General

• Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.configuration.machinekeysection.decryptionkey?view=netframework-4.8.1
• Summary: The ASPNetDecryptionKey is used in ASP.NET applications to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data, such as forms authentication tickets and view state, to ensure confidentiality.
• IPs allowlist: This feature is not available.
• Scopes: This feature is not available.

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Details for ASP.Net Decryption Key

• Family: cryptographic_key

• Category: private_key

• Company: Microsoft

• High recall: False

• Validity check available: False

• Analyzer available: False

• Minimum number of matches: 1

• Occurrences found for one million commits: 0.4

• Prefixed: False

• PreValidators:

- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - asp(\.|dot)?net
- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - decryption[_-]?key

Examples

- text: |
    "ASPNetDecryptionKey"="83D4D423F2A6A8AC6958E689A372C556"
  private_key: 83D4D423F2A6A8AC6958E689A372C556