# Possible AWS access key

A value matching an AWS access key id: AKIA or ASIA, then 16 letters or digits.

Area: Security

## What you need to supply

The text you paste or send from your editor. The check does not call AWS.

## If it reports a finding

Critical severity. The suggested next step is to remove the key from source, rotate it, and check repository history.

## What this does not prove

AKIA on its own, without 16 following characters, is not this finding. The check does not print the matched value.

## Pattern that this check is written to notice

```
AKIA then 16 letters or digits
```

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