redact-secret · Report

Connection-string password

Password embedded in a URI's userinfo component per RFC 3986.

Not provider-specific
Detectors: connection-string
Run 2026-10-07
Mode published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14

Dossier verdictReady
Dossier evidence levelT3 · Project policy
Dossier researched2026-09-26

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).

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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
Researched2026-09-26

3 events in the review history: 2 observed, 1 reviewed. Latest: observed on 2026-10-03 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 · mutable-property-source · current · observed 2026-09-20
Documentation for the one property varied in legacy twin fixtures (RFC 3986 userinfo): userinfo is delimited from the host by "@" and the deprecated user:password form places the password after the first ":". The password value has no grammar, so twins mutate the context, not the value
- www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986provider-documentation · last read 2026-10-03 · latest outcome read · supports userinfo is delimited from the host by "@" and the deprecated user:password form places the password after the first ":". The password value has no grammar, so twins mutate the context, not the value · #section-3.2.1
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-20
The legacy contract lists 1 reference without stating which property each supports.
- www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986provider-documentation · last read 2026-10-03 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #section-3.2.1
Project policy · legacy-contract-tier · current · observed 2026-09-20
The legacy contract records this grammar as project masking policy (tier T3), not as a provider format.
Source not recorded.
Project policy · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-26
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T3) cited 2 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/651/README.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-26 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier
- www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986provider-documentation · last read 2026-10-03 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family

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: RFC 3986 §3.2.1 userinfo: the password sits after the first : and before @. No RFC or vendor states a length or identifying element; §7.5 deprecates passwords in URIs. Vendors disagree on which characters need percent-encoding (MongoDB requires $ encoded, MySQL Connector/J requires ( ) & =, RabbitMQ forbids a raw :).
Basis: RFC 3986, RFC 1738, RabbitMQ URI spec, MongoDB and PostgreSQL docs: delimiter and alphabet only. The #651 hunt found no provider or RFC identifying element (2026-09-23); the boundary is project policy (T3, decision 2026-09-26-qualify-bounded-t3-credential-policy, benchmarks#365, core #857), so the verdict is ready at T3, consistent with bearer and OTP seed.
Issuance: not applicable.
Contract in core: detector-families.md; #651 record. Password surfaces outside userinfo (password= parameters, Azure Storage AccountKey=) fall outside the family definition.

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: 104
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

104 fixtures: 4 expect a redaction, 59 must stay quiet, 41 record project policy. See every row

redact-secret fixture counts by evidence level
Evidence level	Fixtures	Left readable	Too much	False alarms
T1Provider-documented	26	0	0	0
T3Project policy	78	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	Too much	False alarms
flare-redactRuntime library · 1.6.1 · Published npm package · secrets-only (pii, generic_assignment disabled) · JavaScript engine1 rule targets it	104	6	9	18
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rulesNo rule maps to it	104	43	0	0
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	104	0	0	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabled4 rules target it	104	23	6	12

Looks like it, but isn't

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

Collisions: providers that issue passwords with a fixed prefix (PlanetScale pscale_pw_, Neon npg_, Aiven and DigitalOcean AVNS_) are separate families.

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
flare-redact · rules 1.6.1	`url_credentials`	scheme:// user:password@ URL
openredaction · rules 1.1.5	`DATABASE_CONNECTION`	postgres, mysql, mongodb, redis or sqlite URI with a password
openredaction · rules 1.1.5	`URL_WITH_AUTH`	http(s) or ftp URL with user:password@
trufflehog · rules 3.97.4	`mongodb`	mongodb:// or mongodb+srv:// URI with a password
trufflehog · rules 3.97.4	`postgres`	postgres:// or postgresql:// URI with a password
trufflehog · rules 3.97.4	`redis`	redis:// URI with a password
trufflehog · rules 3.97.4	`uri`	http(s) URL with a userinfo password

No rule maps to this family in gitleaks.

Find

Evidence level

Scanners

104 of 104 rows

Fixtures in this family

104 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 Connection-string password
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`go-sum-excerpt-with-goproxy-password`developer-artifact-lookalikes-authored · package-integrity-hashes-beside-a-literal-registry-password	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`pip-requirements-hashes-with-index-url-password`developer-artifact-lookalikes-authored · package-integrity-hashes-beside-a-literal-registry-password	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`connection-string-celery-amqps`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-database-url-query`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-docs-uppercase-placeholder`generic · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`connection-string-interpolated-password-reference`generic · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`connection-string-jdbc-user-param-public-id`generic · public-identifier	Must not flagT1 · Provider-documented	Quiet
`connection-string-mariadb-bare`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-mariadb-quoted`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-mariadb-unicode-crlf`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-mongodb-bare`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-mongodb-quoted`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-mongodb-unicode-crlf`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-mysql-bare`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-mysql-quoted`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-mysql-unicode-crlf`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-orm-connection-error`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-percent-template-encoded-value`generic · benign-encoded-value	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`connection-string-postgres-bare`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-postgres-quoted`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-postgres-unicode-crlf`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-postgres-userinfo`generic · password-inside-connection-strings	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-psql-history`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-rails-database-yml`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-redis-bare`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-redis-quoted`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-redis-unicode-crlf`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-rediss-password-only`generic · password-inside-connection-strings	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`connection-string-reference`generic · variable-reference-in-credential-position	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`connection-string-sqlalchemy-ipv6`generic · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`embedded-word`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-lookalike-passwords	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`filler-near-miss`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-lookalike-passwords	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`mariadb-default`generic · tutorial-default-url-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`mariadb-literal`generic · literal-url-passwords	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`mongodb-default`generic · tutorial-default-url-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`mongodb-literal`generic · literal-url-passwords	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`mysql-default`generic · tutorial-default-url-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`mysql-literal`generic · literal-url-passwords	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`placeholder-1`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`placeholder-2`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`placeholder-3`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`placeholder-4`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`placeholder-5`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`placeholder-6`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`placeholder-7`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`postgres-default`generic · tutorial-default-url-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`postgres-literal`generic · literal-url-passwords	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`redis-default`generic · tutorial-default-url-passwords	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`redis-literal`generic · literal-url-passwords	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`unrelated-suffix`generic · connection-uri-placeholder-lookalike-passwords	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted

Sources

Researched 2026-09-26.

Documentation and code

www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#651Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#857Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret-benchmarks#365Research issue
Final evidence, pinned to a commit/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/651/README.md