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OpenSSH Private Key

Description​

General​

  • Summary: The OpenSSH private key format can contain different types of private key such as RSA and DSA keys and therefore can work just like them. More details about cryptographic keys can be found in this FAQ.

Revoke the secret​

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Check for suspicious activity​

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Details for Base64 OpenSSH Private Key​

  • Family: cryptographic_key

  • Category: private_key

  • High recall: True

  • Validity check available: False

  • Analyzer available: False

  • Minimum number of matches: 1

  • Occurrences found for one million commits: 0.52

  • Prefixed: True

  • PreValidators:

- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator
  patterns:
    - ls0tls1crudjtibpuevou1niifbssvzbveugs0vzls0tls
    - 0tls0tqkvhsu4gt1bftlntscbquklwqvrfietfws0tls0t
    - tls0tlujfr0loie9qru5tu0ggufjjvkfursblrvktls0tl

Examples​

- apikey: 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
  text: 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

Details for OpenSSH Private Key​

  • Family: cryptographic_key

  • Category: private_key

  • High recall: True

  • Validity check available: False

  • Analyzer available: False

  • Minimum number of matches: 1

  • Occurrences found for one million commits: 58.95

  • Prefixed: True

  • PreValidators:

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

Examples​

- text: |
    -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
    b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
    QyNTUxOQAAACC5Kfr8pxn01Ig5YbrvjKK4kC9JUgNbqOCtMY1OdlxqdwAAAKhGc/ELRnPx
    CwAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACC5Kfr8pxn01Ig5YbrvjKK4kC9JUgNbqOCtMY1Odlxqdw
    AAAED0iTCOptg2MzzJ2rgov84NjppkenTE2YmwQlUQCg/vN7kp+vynGfTUiDlhuu+MoriQ
    N0vJD1uo1E0xjU96XGp6FAEBH1RiaRJadOx0BHRoaOJhdWw0MUluc3Bscm9mLTc1NzABFz
    MEBQY=
    -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
  apikey: |-
    -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
    b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
    QyNTUxOQAAACC5Kfr8pxn01Ig5YbrvjKK4kC9JUgNbqOCtMY1OdlxqdwAAAKhGc/ELRnPx
    CwAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACC5Kfr8pxn01Ig5YbrvjKK4kC9JUgNbqOCtMY1Odlxqdw
    AAAED0iTCOptg2MzzJ2rgov84NjppkenTE2YmwQlUQCg/vN7kp+vynGfTUiDlhuu+MoriQ
    N0vJD1uo1E0xjU96XGp6FAEBH1RiaRJadOx0BHRoaOJhdWw0MUluc3Bscm9mLTc1NzABFz
    MEBQY=
    -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
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