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Cloudant Credentials

Description

Cloudant is a document-oriented and distributed database running on IBM Cloud. The service can be accessed via API calls. An optional authentication method requires a username and password. An alternate authentication method consists of a username and the corresponding apikey.

Remediation

Cloudant

. Revoke the exposed secret. + The secret can be revoked from the IBM Cloudant dashboard in the Service credentials tab.

. Clean the git history. + Go under the settings section of your GitHub project and chose the change visibility button at the bottom.

. Inspect LogDNA logs to ensure the key was not utilized during the compromised period.

Rule Details

FieldValue
IDIAC-1304
SeverityLOW
IaC Typesecrets
FrameworksGit
Checkov IDCKV_SECRET_5

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