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AWS Credentials - Detect

ID: aws-credentials

Severity: high

Author: m4lwhere

Tags: config,exposure,aws,credential

AWS credentials found via /.aws/credentials endpoint.

id: aws-credentials
info:
name: AWS Credentials - Detect
author: m4lwhere
severity: high
description: AWS credentials found via /.aws/credentials endpoint.
reference:
- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/what-to-do-if-you-inadvertently-expose-an-aws-access-key/
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
cvss-score: 9.4
cwe-id: CWE-200
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
tags: config,exposure,aws,credential
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/.aws/credentials"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
regex:
- 'aws_access_key_id\s*=\s*'
- type: dsl
dsl:
- "!contains(tolower(body), '<html')"
- "!contains(tolower(body), '<body')"
condition: and
- type: status
status:
- 200
extractors:
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- "(A3T[A-Z0-9]|AKIA|AGPA|AROA|AIPA|ANPA|ANVA|ASIA)[A-Z0-9]{16}"
- "([a-zA-Z0-9+/]{40})"
# digest: 4a0a004730450220161bdf4c49df5be4d7bb4140a5c8c536d636088012fb9675de816a5e86e1d933022100d8172d11bc03142f4abd7e2596cefaea0d2a87bce52978919460fe5b89eb6e44:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/exposures/configs/aws-credentials.yaml"

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