lolcreds

Public credential defaults and exposure patterns for authorized security testing.

CircleCI

CircleCICI/CD3 credentials

Credentials3 documented
01

Personal API Token

circleci / personal-api-token

CircleCI users create personal API tokens for API and CLI access.

generated on installuser definedsecretAPI key

Location

http header
Circle-Token

CircleCI API token header

http header
Authorization

Basic or token-based CircleCI API authentication

config file

CircleCI CLI config, .env files, scripts, and Terraform provider config

environment
CIRCLE_TOKEN, CIRCLECI_TOKEN
secret store

CI/CD variables, password managers, and cloud secret managers

source code

automation scripts and accidentally committed configs

logs

curl traces, CLI debug logs, and job output

02

Project / Context Environment Variable Secret

circleci / project-context-env-var

CircleCI projects and contexts store environment variables used by jobs, including deploy keys, cloud tokens, package credentials, and passwords.

user definedsecretsecret value

Location

secret store

CircleCI project environment variables and organization contexts

environment

runtime job environment variables injected by CircleCI

source code

.circleci/config.yml references to secret variable names

logs

job output if commands print secret values or xtrace is enabled

03

SSH Key / Deploy Key

circleci / ssh-key-and-deploy-key

CircleCI can store SSH keys for checking out private repositories or deploying from jobs.

user definedgenerated on installsecretkey pair

Looks like

pattern
pattern

private SSH key stored for CircleCI job use

-----BEGIN (RSA |OPENSSH |EC |)PRIVATE KEY-----

Location

secret store

CircleCI project SSH keys and deploy key storage

config file

job config referencing add_ssh_keys fingerprints

source code

.circleci/config.yml and setup scripts

logs

SSH debug output and accidental key prints

Scope

Authorized use

LOLCreds helps map the credential surface of real products: known defaults, generated values, credential locations, and exposure patterns.