Azure Functions App Key

Description

General

• Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/function-keys-how-to?tabs=azure-portal#use-access-keys

• Summary: Azure Functions is a compute-on-demand service. Azure functions app keys can be used in an x-functions-key header to authenticate requests to trigger functions. This detector finds these keys.

• IPs allowlist: See IP address restrictions

• Scopes: Keys are specific to an App.

Revoke the secret

Keys can be rotated from the App's 'App keys' tab

Check for suspicious activity

Azure gives access to detailed logs, see Azure platform logs.

Details for Azure functions app key header

• Family: Api

• Category: Cloud Provider

• Company: Microsoft

• High recall: False

• Validity check available: False

• Analyzer available: False

• Minimum number of matches: 1

• Occurrences found for one million commits: 0.3

• Prefixed: False

• PreValidators:

- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - azure
- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - functions?[_.-]?key

Examples

- text: |
    azure.headers("x-functions-key", "KMZ7npyPBt5Nvjsa8NeEzf3Vkwt159zKnD/L0nERRRwIgYxqg6p3cw==")
  apikey: KMZ7npyPBt5Nvjsa8NeEzf3Vkwt159zKnD/L0nERRRwIgYxqg6p3cw==

- text: |
    url = azurewebsites.net/api
    functionKey = "KMZ7npyPBt5Nvjsa8NeEzf3Vkwt159zKnD/L0nERRRwIgYxqg6p3cw=="
  apikey: KMZ7npyPBt5Nvjsa8NeEzf3Vkwt159zKnD/L0nERRRwIgYxqg6p3cw==

Details for Azure functions app key query parameter

• Family: Api

• Category: Cloud Provider

• Company: Microsoft

• High recall: False

• Validity check available: False

• Analyzer available: False

• Minimum number of matches: 1

• Occurrences found for one million commits: 12.1

• Prefixed: False

• PreValidators:

- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - azure
- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - '[?&]code='

Examples

- text: |
    https://company.azurewebsites.net/api/function?code=KMZ7npyPBt5Nvjsa8NeEzf3Vkwt159zKnD/L0nERRRwIgYxqg6p3cw==
  apikey: KMZ7npyPBt5Nvjsa8NeEzf3Vkwt159zKnD/L0nERRRwIgYxqg6p3cw==

- text: |
    url = azurewebsites.net/api
    route = "/function?code=KMZ7npyPBt5Nvjsa8NeEzf3Vkwt159zKnD/L0nERRRwIgYxqg6p3cw=="
  apikey: KMZ7npyPBt5Nvjsa8NeEzf3Vkwt159zKnD/L0nERRRwIgYxqg6p3cw==