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⚠️  1 New Security Finding

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from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple


TOKEN = "glpat-ognJxdM4Qq12s6SM3wuL"
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Exposed Secret - GitLab Personal Access Token

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Secret Validity: Invalid
Critical Service: True
Secret Type: gitlab-pat
Critical Risk Issue: ❌
Critical Risk Justification: This critical risk is being raised because a secret is hard coded in a public repository.

The repository exposes sensitive information (GitLab Personal Access Token) to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Identified a GitLab Personal Access Token, risking unauthorized access to GitLab repositories and codebase exposure.
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AI Remediation

The hardcoded GitLab Personal Access Token has been replaced with an environment variable lookup using os.environ.get("GITLAB_TOKEN", ""). This removes the sensitive credential from the source code and follows the secure practice of storing secrets in environment variables or secret management systems. The masked asterisks indicated a real hardcoded secret that needed remediation.

At line 26, do the following changes:

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TOKEN = "glpat-ognJxdM4Qq12s6SM3wuL"
from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITLAB_TOKEN", "")
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# Utilities

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