credential-audit

To scan for exposed secrets, apply a secret-scanning tool against your codebase to detect hard-coded API keys, tokens, and passwords across multiple common file types. This pattern detection reports insecure configurations to prevent credential exposure.

Yes, you can find API keys accidentally committed in git history by running a historical audit. This scans past commits to detect and report previously committed secrets, enabling targeted remediation to mitigate leaked credentials.

The best way to detect credentials in runtime logs is through log analysis. Scanning startup or PM2 log files identifies printed secrets, allowing you to remediate the exposed credentials and adjust logging configurations to prevent leakage.

Yes, secret scanning works for deployment environments by checking permission configurations. It provides remediation guidance for secret files like .env.secrets and startup scripts, ensuring insecure configurations are identified across your deployment setup.

Limitations of code security scanning include relying on pattern detection, which may miss obfuscated credentials or unlisted file types. It focuses on source files, git history, and runtime logs, requiring manual remediation to secure identified leaks.