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Personal access token

Personal access token, prefixed dckr_pat_.

Docker Hub
Detectors: docker-token
Run 2026-10-07
Mode published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14

Dossier verdictReady
Dossier evidence levelT1 · Provider-documented
Dossier researched2026-09-23

New pipelineAuthority

Built from the new pipeline

The new pipeline is the authority for credential qualification. These numbers are read from the qualification view derived from the official credential-eval run of the public-evidence-snapshot population. The regression and policy populations keep their own counts on the qualification pages and are not added in here.

Authority: new
Population: public-evidence-snapshot
Engine: credential-eval 0.1.0-alpha.16
Evidence: snapshot-2026.10.06.4
Run: sha256:4bec6e539482…
Recorded: 2026-10-07
Authorised for: @redact-secret/core@0.1.0-beta.14

Maintainer-reviewed (independent review pending)

598 fixtures of the 7,041 in evidence release snapshot-2026.10.06.4 carry this label. They are counted in the numbers on this page.

Passed the project’s own verification (source evidence, automated checks, recorded counter-arguments); not yet independently reviewed.

OpenRedaction default (all patterns): not measured in this run (optional)

The default (all-pattern) profile is slow and noisy for credential evaluation: personal data and resource identifiers dominate its findings, and its last official measurement took 7 minutes of scanner time on a population the credential profile scans in seconds (its methods run takes 40+ minutes), so it is a manual measurement and never blocks other scanners or core verification (#763). Its earlier results stay as history with their run identity; the credential profile is a separate scanner, never spliced with it.

Last measurement: policy-corpus@linux-x64 (configuration sha256:2451ce7bf380), public-evidence-snapshot+methods@linux-x64 (configuration sha256:d47d081ce5fb), public-evidence-snapshot@linux-x64 (configuration sha256:2451ce7bf380), regression-corpus@linux-x64 (configuration sha256:2451ce7bf380) · engine 0.1.0-alpha.5 · recorded 2026-10-05 · retained record, no longer listed by the run registry. It stays labelled with that run identity and is never combined with another profile or another run.

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OpenRedaction credential profile (33 types): not measured in an official run (local exploratory diagnostics only: see ADR)

The credential profile is the comparison profile chosen in docs/decisions/2026-10-06-choose-the-openredaction-credential-bearing-profile-as-the-comparison-scanner.md. It is optional in the official run class because no pinned engine configuration measures it yet: making it required would refuse every official view until the owner approves the one profile-only run. Its own history starts with that run; nothing of the default's is reused for it.

No earlier measurement of it is recorded. Nothing is shown in its place.

Official measurement: pending: requires owner approval (one profile-only run; see the decision).

Open the qualification page for this pointer

Every population and its qualification

Research record

From credential-evidence snapshot-2026.10.06.4 · records at 77ce761 · schema 1.8.0. It describes the research on the format, not what any scanner or the product does, and not a support status.

Review stateDraft, not reviewed
Format revision1 · current
ResearchResearched
Researched2026-09-23

2 events in the review history: 1 observed, 1 reviewed. Latest: observed on 2026-09-23 by automation, project maintainer. Project-maintained review is not independent validation. The family record at this release.

Format

Provider format research from credential-evidence snapshot-2026.10.06.4 · records at 77ce761 · schema 1.8.0.

What it looks like

Shape not recorded.

Format facts

Provider documented · provider-source · current · observed 2026-09-23
AI Governance API bearerAuth credential table (Format column: dckr_pat_*, dckr_oat_*): Docker's own API reference (docs.docker.com AI Governance API spec, bearerAuth credential table) states the Personal Access Token format as dckr_pat_* and the Organization Access Token format as dckr_oat_*, establishing both prefixes (the * is a glob, not a grammar). Body lengths and alphabet are not provider-stated, except that Docker's Hub API spec (createOrgAccessTokenResponse.token) shows an example OAT with a 27-character alphanumeric body, on example strength only. The 27-character dckr_pat_ body, the 32-character dckr_oat_ width and the [A-Za-z0-9_-] alphabet remain tool-corroborated [Legacy contract 'docker-token' is shared by 2 families; this statement is not specific to one of them.]
- docs.docker.com/reference/api/ai-governance/api.yamlprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Docker's own API reference (docs.docker.com AI Governance API spec, bearerAuth credential table) states the Personal Access Token format as dckr_pat_* and the Organization Access Token format as dckr_oat_*, establishing both prefixes (the * is a glob, not a grammar). Body lengths and alphabet are not provider-stated, except that Docker's Hub API spec (createOrgAccessTokenResponse.token) shows an example OAT with a 27-character alphanumeric body, on example strength only. The 27-character dckr_pat_ body, the 32-character dckr_oat_ width and the [A-Za-z0-9_-] alphabet remain tool-corroborated
Unresolved · tool-corroboration · current · observed 2026-09-23
Pinned scanner rules are consistent with the contract grammar (1 artifact: trufflehog 3.97.4). [Legacy contract 'docker-token' is shared by 2 families; this statement is not specific to one of them.]
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectors/dockerhub/v2/dockerhub.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports trufflehog 3.97.4: dockerhub/v2/dockerhub
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-23
The legacy contract lists 1 reference without stating which property each supports. [Legacy contract 'docker-token' is shared by 2 families; this statement is not specific to one of them.]
- docs.docker.com/reference/api/hub/latest.yamlprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
Provider documented · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-23
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T1) cited 3 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- docs.docker.com/reference/api/hub/latest.yamlprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- docs.docker.com/reference/api/ai-governance/api.yamlprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/648/README.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this revision.

Benchmark dossier notes

From the provider dossier, as written. The evidence level above says how well the format is backed; a fact the dossier does not record is not shown.

Shape: prefix dckr_pat_ then a 27-character body from [A-Za-z0-9_-]. 69 of 92 distinct non-placeholder public bodies were 27 characters; of those, 27 contained _ and 19 contained -.
Basis: T1 for the prefix (the API reference's bearerAuth table lists dckr_pat_*, a glob). Length and alphabet: TruffleHog 3.97.4, Nosey Parker, betterleaks, and Docker-owned rules in docker/mcp-gateway and docker/portcullis; the Docker-owned rules are narrower (no _) and contradicted by the public tally. The Hub spec's PAT examples are 15-character placeholders.
Issuance: not attempted. An optional check of one or two fresh PATs is described in the #648 broad-discovery pass.
Contract in core: detector-families.md (row for both Docker families); evidence #648 record.

In this benchmark

Fixture rows on the current run. Counts are for redact-secret in published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14 mode.

Fixtures: 14
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

14 fixtures: 8 expect a redaction, 6 must stay quiet. See every row

redact-secret fixture counts by evidence level
Evidence level	Fixtures	Left readable	Too much	False alarms
T1Provider-documented	8	0	0	0
T2Tool-corroborated	5	0	0	0
T3Project policy	1	0	0	0

Every scanner on the same fixtures

In run order. Counts are what each scanner recorded on this family's fixtures, whichever rules it has; a scanner with no rule for the family has nothing to report on it.

Counts per scanner on this family's fixtures
Scanner	Fixtures	Left readable
flare-redactRuntime library · 1.6.1 · Published npm package · secrets-only (pii, generic_assignment disabled) · JavaScript engineNo rule maps to it	14	8
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rulesNo rule maps to it	14	8
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	14	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabled1 rule targets it	14	0

Benchmark dossier questions

Things the sources do not settle. They are listed so nobody reads them as settled.

Open caveat: The dckr_pat_ prefix is T1; the 27-character body and its alphabet are tool-corroborated only (no Docker page states them).

Looks like it, but isn't

Values the dossier records as resembling this credential without being one.

Collisions: shares the docker-token detector and the dckr_ namespace with the OAT family; the PAT width under the OAT prefix is a boundary case.

Scanner rules for this family

Mapped by hand (reviewed 2026-09-30) from each scanner's pinned rule file, never from what a scanner found on the fixtures.

Peer scanner rules that target this family
Scanner	Rule	What the rule matches
trufflehog · rules 3.97.4	`dockerhub/v2`	dckr_pat_ + 27 or dckr_oat_ + 32 characters

No rule maps to this family in flare-redact, gitleaks, openredaction.

Find

Evidence level

Scanners

14 of 14 rows

Fixtures in this family

14 rows, redact-secret's outcome on each. Rows that need a look come first (0), then the rest in corpus order. Choose "Every scanner" to see each scanner's outcome for the same rows.

Fixtures in Personal access token
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`docker-token-chat-handoff`docker · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`docker-token-ci-login-log`docker · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`docker-token-docker-login-stdin`docker · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`docker-token-pat-plain`docker · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`docker-token-pat-unicode-crlf`docker · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`docker-token-shape-1-bare`docker · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`docker-token-shape-1-quoted`docker · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`docker-token-shape-1-unicode-crlf`docker · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`docker-token-dash-identifier-embedding`docker · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`docker-token-leading-identifier-embedding`docker · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`docker-token-mask`docker · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`docker-token-pat-plain-twin`docker · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`docker-token-pat-unicode-crlf-twin`docker · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`docker-token-trailing-identifier-embedding`docker · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-23.

Documentation and code

docs.docker.com/reference/api/ai-governance/api.yaml
docs.docker.com/reference/api/hub/latest.yaml

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#648Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#370Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#566Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret-benchmarks#128Research issue
Final evidence, pinned to a commit/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/648/README.md

Other Docker Hub families

OAuth access token