🔍 GitHub Dorks for Finding Sensitive Information
GitHub is not just a platform for version control and collaborative software development, but also a goldmine for sensitive information. GitHub Dorks are specific search queries that can help to find this sensitive information, such as API keys, passwords, usernames, and more. Here are some useful GitHub Dorks categorized by their purpose:
🔑 GitHub Dorks for Finding Files
filename:manifest.xml
filename:travis.yml
filename:vim_settings.xml
filename:database
filename:prod.exs NOT prod.secret.exs
filename:prod.secret.exs
filename:.npmrc _auth
filename:.dockercfg auth
filename:WebServers.xml
filename:.bash_history <Domain name>
filename:sftp-config.json
filename:sftp.json path:.vscode
filename:secrets.yml password
filename:.esmtprc password
filename:passwd path:etc
filename:dbeaver-data-sources.xml
path:sites databases password
filename:config.php dbpasswd
filename:prod.secret.exs
filename:configuration.php JConfig password
filename:.sh_history
shodan_api_key language:python
filename:shadow path:etc
JEKYLL_GITHUB_TOKEN
filename:proftpdpasswd
filename:.pgpass
filename:idea14.key
filename:hub oauth_token
HEROKU_API_KEY language:json
HEROKU_API_KEY language:shell
SF_USERNAME salesforce
filename:.bash_profile aws
extension:json api.forecast.io
filename:.env MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
filename:wp-config.php
extension:sql mysql dump
filename:credentials aws_access_key_id
filename:id_rsa or filename:id_dsa
🧧 GitHub Dorks for Finding Languages
language:python username
language:php username
language:sql username
language:html password
language:perl password
language:shell username
language:java api
HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN language:shell
🔐GiHub Dorks for Finding API Keys, Tokens and Passwords
api_key
“api keys”
authorization_bearer:
oauth
auth
authentication
client_secret
api_token:
“api token”
client_id
password
user_password
user_pass
passcode
client_secret
secret
password hash
OTP
user auth
🧑🦲GitHub Dorks for Finding Usernames
user:name (user:admin)
org:name (org:google type:users)
in:login (<username> in:login)
in:name (<username> in:name)
fullname:firstname lastname (fullname:<name> <surname>)
in:email (data in:email)
🗓️GitHub Dorks for Finding Information using Dates
created:<2012–04–05
created:>=2011–06–12
created:2016–02–07 location:iceland
created:2011–04–06..2013–01–14 <user> in:username
GitHub Dorks for Finding Information using Extension
extension:pem private
extension:ppk private
extension:sql mysql dump
extension:sql mysql dump password
extension:json api.forecast.io
extension:json mongolab.com
extension:yaml mongolab.com
[WFClient] Password= extension:ica
extension:avastlic “support.avast.com”
extension:json googleusercontent client_secret
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