Generic Private Key

Description

General

Summary: The generic private key detector finds generic private key defined with a -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- header. More details about cryptographic keys can be found in this FAQ.

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Details for `Base64 private key generic`

Family: PrivateKey
Category: Private key
High recall: True
Validity check available: False
Minimum number of matches: 1
Occurrences found for one million commits: 10.75
Prefixed: True
PreValidators:

- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - ls0tls1crudjtibquklwqvrfietfws0tls0t
    - 0tls0tqkvhsu4gufjjvkfursblrvktls0tl
    - tls0tlujfr0loifbssvzbveugs0vzls0tls

Examples

LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQUklWQVRFIEtFWS0tLS0tIEtKSUNkUUlCQURBTEJna3Foa2l
HOXcwQkFRRUVnZ0poTUlJQ1hRSUJBQUtCZ1FDN0pIb0pmZzZ5TnpMTU9XZXQgOF
o0OWE0S0QwZENzcE1BWXZvMllBTUI3L3dkRXljb2N1amJoSjJuL3NlT05pKzVYc
VRxcUZrTTVWQmw4cm1rayBGUFprLzd4MHhtZHNUUEVDU1duSEsrSGhvYU5ERlBS
M2o4alFoVm8xbGF4aXFjRWhBSGVnaTVjd3RGb3N1SkF2IFNLQUZLRXZ5RDQzc2k
wMERRblhXcllIQUVRSURBUUFCQW9HQUFQeTVTaVlIaVZFclUzS1I0QmcrcGw0eD
c1d00gRmlSQzBDZ3orZnJRUEZRRUJzQVY5UnVhc3lReHF6eHJSME93MHFuY0JlR
0JXYllFNldaaHF0Y0xBSTg5NWIraSArRjRsYkI0aUQ3VDlRZUlETVYvYUlNWEE4
MVVPNGNuczF6NHFEQUhLZXlMTHJQUXJKL0I0WDdYQytlZ1VXbTUrIGhyMXFteUF
NdXN5WElCRUNRUURKV1o4cGlsdWY0eXJZZnNKQW42aEY1VDRSalR6dGJxdk8wR1
ZHMk1jSFk3VWogTlBTZmZoekh4L2xsMGZRRVFqaStPZ3lkQ0NYOG8zSFpyZ3c1W
WZTSkFrRUE3ZStycWRVNW5PNVpHLy9QU0VRYiB0akxuUmlUekJIL2VsUWh0ZFo1
bkY3cGNwTlRpNGsxM3p1dG1LY1dXNEdLNzVhemNSR0pVaHUxa0RNN1FZQU9kIFN
RSkFWTmtZY2lma3ZuYTdHbW9vTDVWWUVzUXNxTGJNNHYwTkYyVElHTmZHM3oxTU
dwNzVLckM1TGhMOTdNTlIgd2UycC9iZDJrMEhZeUNLVUduZjJuTVBEaVFKQkFJN
zVwd2l0dFNvRTI0MEVvYlVHSURUU3o4Q0pzWEl4dURtTCB6K0tPcGRwUFJSNVRR
bWJFTUVzcGpzRnBGeW1NaXVZUGdtaWhRYk8yY0psMXFTY1k1T2tDUVFDSjZtNXR
jTjhsIFh4Zy9TTnBqRUl2K3FBeVVEOTZYVmxPSmxPSWVMSFE4a1lFMEM2WkErTX
NxWUl6Z0FyZUprODhZbjBsVS9YMC8gbXUvVXBFL0JSVGZzIC0tLS0tRU5EIFBSS
VZBVEUgS0VZLS0tLS0K

Here's the decoded string:

Details for `Private key generic`

Family: PrivateKey
Category: Private key
High recall: True
Validity check available: False
Minimum number of matches: 1
Occurrences found for one million commits: 227.58
Prefixed: True
PreValidators:

- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - '-----begin private key-----'

Examples

- text: >
    -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
    KJICdQIBADALBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEEggJhMIICXQIBAAKBgQC7JHoJfg6yNzLMOWet
    8Z49a4KD0dCspMAYvo2YAMB7/wdEycocujbhJ2n/seONi+5XqTqqFkM5VBl8rmkk
    FPZk/7x0xmdsTPECSWnHK+HhoaNDFPR3j8jQhVo1laxiqcEhAHegi5cwtFosuJAv
    SKAFKEvyD43si00DQnXWrYHAEQIDAQABAoGAAPy5SiYHiVErU3KR4Bg+pl4x75wM
    FiRC0Cgz+frQPFQEBsAV9RuasyQxqzxrR0Ow0qncBeGBWbYE6WZhqtcLAI895b+i
    +F4lbB4iD7T9QeIDMV/aIMXA81UO4cns1z4qDAHKeyLLrPQrJ/B4X7XC+egUWm5+
    hr1qmyAMusyXIBECQQDJWZ8piluf4yrYfsJAn6hF5T4RjTztbqvO0GVG2McHY7Uj
    NPSffhzHx/ll0fQEQji+OgydCCX8o3HZrgw5YfSJAkEA7e+rqdU5nO5ZG//PSEQb
    tjLnRiTzBH/elQhtdZ5nF7pcpNTi4k13zutmKcWW4GK75azcRGJUhu1kDM7QYAOd
    SQJAVNkYcifkvna7GmooL5VYEsQsqLbM4v0NF2TIGNfG3z1MGp75KrC5LhL97MNR
    we2p/bd2k0HYyCKUGnf2nMPDiQJBAI75pwittSoE240EobUGIDTSz8CJsXIxuDmL
    z+KOpdpPRR5TQmbEMEspjsFpFymMiuYPgmihQbO2cJl1qScY5OkCQQCJ6m5tcN8l
    Xxg/SNpjEIv+qAyUD96XVlOJlOIeLHQ8kYE0C6ZA+MsqYIzgAreJk88Yn0lU/X0/
    mu/UpE/BRTfs
    -----END PRIVATE KEY-----