Elastic Cloud Credentials detected in code

Rule Details

Cortex AppSec Rule ID	APPSEC_SECRET_123
Category	Database Credentials
Severity	MEDIUM
Framework	Git

Impact

Elastic Cloud Credentials (API keys or passwords) authenticate access to your hosted Elasticsearch clusters and Kibana instances.

Compromise of these credentials grants an attacker unauthorized access to your deployment configurations, allowing them to read sensitive security logs, exfiltrate application data, or potentially disrupt the core clusters.

How to Fix

To remediate exposed Cloud & Infrastructure credentials:

1. Log in to your cloud provider's console.
2. Locate the identity or service account associated with the compromised credentials.
3. Revoke or deactivate the compromised keys immediately.
4. Generate a new set of credentials.
5. Update your environment variables, secrets manager, or pipelines with the new values.

Next, remove the secret from your codebase:

1. Locate the exposed secret in your codebase.
2. Replace the hardcoded value with a secure variable or reference.

Finally, clean your version control history:

1. Permanently remove the sensitive data from your version control history to ensure it cannot be retrieved.

Warning: Revoking infrastructure keys may cause immediate downtime. Ensure you have identified all dependent services before revoking.