February 09, 2024

113. How do you revoke leaked credentials?

11 minutes

In this episode, we discuss what to do if you accidentally leak your AWS credentials during a live stream. We explain the difference between temporary credentials and long-lived credentials, and how to revoke each type. For temporary credentials, we recommend using the AWS console to revoke sessions or creating an IAM policy to deny access. For long-lived credentials, you must deactivate and rotate the credentials. We also touch on using tools like HashiCorp Vault to manage credentials securely.

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In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

Gist with example policy: https://gist.github.com/lmammino/02fef8ce0cc22a45f219fe4f47fcf20c

Revoking IAM role temporary security credentials (official AWS docs): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_revoke-sessions.html

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