lolcreds

Public credential defaults and exposure patterns for authorized security testing.

Hugging Face

Hugging FaceAI API1 credential

Credentials1 documented
01

User Access Token

huggingface / user-access-token

Hugging Face User Access Tokens authenticate Hub, git, library, and Inference Provider access. Hugging Face documents tokens with the hf_ prefix and recommends separate tokens per app or usage.

user definedsecrettoken

Looks like

example
example
hf_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Location

environment
HF_TOKEN, HUGGINGFACEHUB_API_TOKEN
http header
Authorization

Bearer token used by Hub and Inference Provider API calls

config file
$HF_HOME/token, ~/.cache/huggingface/token

default local token cache used by huggingface_hub

source code

notebooks, model-loading scripts, training jobs, committed .env files

secret store

CI/CD variables, Spaces secrets, cloud secret managers

logs

git, HTTP, or notebook output that prints bearer tokens

Notes

Token scope controls whether a leak grants read, write, or admin-style Hub access. A write token can publish or overwrite models, datasets, and Spaces reachable by the account.

Scope

Authorized use

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