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Configuration in MegaLinter

Variable Description Default value
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_COMMAND_REMOVE_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to remove from command line before calling the linter
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_CLI_LINT_MODE Override default CLI lint mode
⚠️ As default value is project, overriding might not work
- file: Calls the linter for each file
- list_of_files: Call the linter with the list of files as argument
- project: Call the linter from the root of the project
project
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_PRE_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run before the linter None
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_POST_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run after the linter None
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_UNSECURED_ENV_VARIABLES List of env variables explicitly not filtered before calling REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG and its pre/post commands None
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_CONFIG_FILE trufflehog configuration file nameUse LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it .trufflehog.yml
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_RULES_PATH Path where to find linter configuration file Workspace folder, then MegaLinter default rules
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_DISABLE_ERRORS Run linter but consider errors as warnings false
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_DISABLE_ERRORS_IF_LESS_THAN Maximum number of errors allowed 0
REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_CLI_EXECUTABLE Override CLI executable ['trufflehog']

MegaLinter Flavors

This linter is available in the following flavors

Flavor Description Embedded linters Info
all Default MegaLinter Flavor 124 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
c_cpp Optimized for pure C/C++ projects 54 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
ci_light Optimized for CI items (Dockerfile, Jenkinsfile, JSON/YAML schemas,XML 21 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
cupcake MegaLinter for the most commonly used languages 83 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
documentation MegaLinter for documentation projects 49 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dotnet Optimized for C, C++, C# or VB based projects 62 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dotnetweb Optimized for C, C++, C# or VB based projects with JS/TS 71 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
go Optimized for GO based projects 51 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
java Optimized for JAVA based projects 52 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
javascript Optimized for JAVASCRIPT or TYPESCRIPT based projects 59 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
php Optimized for PHP based projects 54 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
python Optimized for PYTHON based projects 62 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
ruby Optimized for RUBY based projects 50 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
rust Optimized for RUST based projects 50 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
salesforce Optimized for Salesforce based projects 54 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
security Optimized for security 24 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
swift Optimized for SWIFT based projects 50 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
terraform Optimized for TERRAFORM based projects 54 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls

Behind the scenes

How are identified applicable files

  • If this linter is active, all files will always be linted

How the linting is performed

trufflehog is called once on the whole project directory (project CLI lint mode)

  • filtering can not be done using MegaLinter configuration variables,it must be done using trufflehog configuration or ignore file (if existing)
  • VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: false doesn't make trufflehog analyze only updated files

Example calls

trufflehog filesystem .

Help content

usage: TruffleHog [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]

TruffleHog is a tool for finding credentials.


Flags:
  -h, --[no-]help                Show context-sensitive help (also try
                                 --help-long and --help-man).
      --log-level=0              Logging verbosity on a scale of 0 (info) to 5
                                 (trace). Can be disabled with "-1".
      --[no-]profile             Enables profiling and sets a pprof and fgprof
                                 server on :18066.
  -j, --[no-]json                Output in JSON format.
      --[no-]json-legacy         Use the pre-v3.0 JSON format. Only works with
                                 git, gitlab, and github sources.
      --[no-]github-actions      Output in GitHub Actions format.
      --concurrency=4            Number of concurrent workers.
      --[no-]no-verification     Don't verify the results.
      --[no-]only-verified       Only output verified results.
      --[no-]allow-verification-overlap
                                 Allow verification of similar credentials
                                 across detectors
      --[no-]filter-unverified   Only output first unverified result per
                                 chunk per detector if there are more than one
                                 results.
      --filter-entropy=FILTER-ENTROPY
                                 Filter unverified results with Shannon entropy.
                                 Start with 3.0.
      --config=CONFIG            Path to configuration file.
      --[no-]print-avg-detector-time
                                 Print the average time spent on each detector.
      --[no-]no-update           Don't check for updates.
      --[no-]fail                Exit with code 183 if results are found.
      --verifier=VERIFIER ...    Set custom verification endpoints.
      --[no-]custom-verifiers-only
                                 Only use custom verification endpoints.
      --archive-max-size=ARCHIVE-MAX-SIZE
                                 Maximum size of archive to scan. (Byte units
                                 eg. 512B, 2KB, 4MB)
      --archive-max-depth=ARCHIVE-MAX-DEPTH
                                 Maximum depth of archive to scan.
      --archive-timeout=ARCHIVE-TIMEOUT
                                 Maximum time to spend extracting an archive.
      --include-detectors="all"  Comma separated list of detector types to
                                 include. Protobuf name or IDs may be used,
                                 as well as ranges.
      --exclude-detectors=EXCLUDE-DETECTORS
                                 Comma separated list of detector types to
                                 exclude. Protobuf name or IDs may be used,
                                 as well as ranges. IDs defined here take
                                 precedence over the include list.
      --[no-]force-skip-binaries
                                 Force skipping binaries.
      --[no-]force-skip-archives
                                 Force skipping archives.
      --[no-]skip-additional-refs
                                 Skip additional references.
      --user-agent-suffix=USER-AGENT-SUFFIX
                                 Suffix to add to User-Agent.
      --[no-]version             Show application version.

Commands:
help [<command>...]
    Show help.

git [<flags>] <uri>
    Find credentials in git repositories.

github [<flags>]
    Find credentials in GitHub repositories.

github-experimental --repo=REPO [<flags>]
    Run an experimental GitHub scan. Must specify at least one experimental
    sub-module to run: object-discovery.

gitlab --token=TOKEN [<flags>]
    Find credentials in GitLab repositories.

filesystem [<flags>] [<path>...]
    Find credentials in a filesystem.

s3 [<flags>]
    Find credentials in S3 buckets.

gcs [<flags>]
    Find credentials in GCS buckets.

syslog [<flags>]
    Scan syslog

circleci --token=TOKEN
    Scan CircleCI

docker --image=IMAGE [<flags>]
    Scan Docker Image

travisci --token=TOKEN
    Scan TravisCI

postman [<flags>]
    Scan Postman

elasticsearch [<flags>]
    Scan Elasticsearch

jenkins --url=URL [<flags>]
    Scan Jenkins

huggingface [<flags>]
    Find credentials in HuggingFace datasets, models and spaces.

analyze [<key-type>]
    Analyze API keys for fine-grained permissions information.


Installation on mega-linter Docker image

  • Dockerfile commands :
# renovate: datasource=docker depName=trufflesecurity/trufflehog 
ARG REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_VERSION=3.85.0
FROM trufflesecurity/trufflehog:${REPOSITORY_TRUFFLEHOG_VERSION} AS trufflehog
COPY --link --from=trufflehog /usr/bin/trufflehog /usr/bin/