Embedded Credential

What Foo Guard detects

One or more credentials are embedded directly in the agent configuration.

When this rule triggers

a credential explicitly declares embedded: true.

Foo Guard evaluates the normalized configuration supplied to the scanner. A finding describes configuration risk; it does not establish that an attack occurred. An absent finding does not prove that an undeclared capability is safe.

How to fix

Replace embedded values with references to a secret store or workload identity. Rotate any real credential that was exposed; deleting it from a file does not invalidate it.

Verify the change

Update the actual agent configuration and the underlying permissions or controls, then run the scanner again. Inspect the finding’s evidence path to confirm the intended setting changed. Do not clear a finding by changing a declaration that no longer reflects the deployed agent.