RubyGems API Key
ID |
rubygems_key |
Severity |
high |
Vendor |
RubyGems |
Family |
API Token |
Description
RubyGems is a package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries, a tool designed to easily manage the installation of gems, and a server for distributing them.
Security
Any hardcoded RubyGem Key is a potential secret reported by this detector.
Accidentally checking-in the key to source control repositories could compromise the RubyGem account and data.
Mitigation / Fix
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Remove the
Keyfrom the source code or committed configuration file. -
Follow your policy for handling leaked secrets, which typically require revoking the secret in the target system(s). Go to Api Keys, find the specific key and revoke it.
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If under a git repository, you may remove unwanted files from the repository history using tools like
git filter-repoorBFG Repo-Cleaner. You may follow the procedure listed here for GitHub.
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You should consider any sensitive data in commits with secrets as compromised. Remember that secrets may be removed from history in your projects, but not in other users' cloned or forked repositories. |