DEVOPSdigest

GitGuardian unveiled HasMySecretLeaked, a free toolset to help security engineers proactively verify if their organization’s secrets have leaked on GitHub.com.

HasMySecretLeaked is a private database with over 20 million records of hashed secrets leaked in public sources, including GitHub.com. Users can query the database by submitting a hashed version of their secret in the search console, and GitGuardian will look for their perfect matches–without revealing any other secrets or their locations.

“Knowing whether your ‘vaulted’ secrets have leaked publicly is just one API call away. We built a privacy-safe and secure process that returns an unequivocal answer to the crucial question: Has my secret leaked?” said Eric Fourrier, co-founder and CEO of GitGuardian.

GitGuardian users can also harness HasMySecretLeaked directly from the command-line interface ggshield. In addition, ggshield includes plug-ins for pulling secrets from popular tools like HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager and staging them in local environments before leak inspection.

The capability is also already integrated into the GitGuardian Platform. It will notify security teams if their hardcoded secrets, found in organization-owned repositories, Slack workspaces, or Jira projects, are unintentionally leaked to public sources the organization cannot control or see.

“It’s more than just visibility. Undetected public exposure makes all the difference between a simple alert and a critical incident. It’s the context security teams badly need to prioritize remediation,” said Edouard Viot, Vice President of Product at GitGuardian.

GitGuardian scans every public commit on GitHub for leaks, spanning API keys, database assignments, and developer secrets. In 2020, it uncovered 3 million exposed secrets, surging to 6 million in 2021 and an astounding 10 million in 2022.

GitGuardian also understands the importance of protecting secrets from unwanted exposure and has designed HasMySecretLeaked in a way that does not read or access users’ secrets.

“We’re leveraging concepts such as k-anonymity and zero-knowledge, making it impossible for us or anyone else to see or reconstruct the secrets, all while determining whether they have leaked in public sources,” said Eric Fourrier.