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High-precision Google dorks for exposed configs, secrets, and credentials -- real-world validated

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Google Dorks Catalog -- Exposed Configs & Secrets

When to Use

During passive reconnaissance (Phase 1) on every target
After crt.sh subdomain enumeration
Before any active scanning
Validated against 100+ real targets

High-Precision Dorks

Critical Exposed Files

site:$target "APP_KEY"
site:$target "DB_PASSWORD"
site:$target "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----"
site:$target filetype:env
site:$target inurl:git/config
site:$target intitle:"index of" ".env"
site:$target "api_key" OR "apikey" OR "secret_key"
site:$target "firebase" "apiKey"
site:$target "supabase" "anon" "key"
site:$target inurl:"/.env" "DB_PASSWORD"
site:$target "client_secret" "redirect_uris" extension:json
site:$target "private_key" "client_email" extension:json

Exposed Configuration Files (ALL Extensions)

site:target.com ext:log | ext:txt | ext:conf | ext:cnf | ext:ini | ext:env | ext:sh | ext:bak | ext:backup | ext:swp | ext:old | ext:~ | ext:git | ext:svn | ext:htpasswd | ext:htaccess | ext:json

This covers:

logs -- tokens, SQL queries, emails in plain text
txt/conf/cnf/ini -- server configurations, DB hosts
env -- environment variables with credentials
sh -- scripts with hardcoded passwords
bak/backup/swp/old/~ -- backup files with old versions
git/svn -- exposed versioned repositories
htpasswd/htaccess -- access control with hashes
json -- service accounts, Firebase configs, Supabase configs

Service-Specific Dorks

Supabase

site:target.com "supabase.co" "anon_key" OR "SUPABASE_ANON_KEY"

Firebase

site:target.com "firebase-adminsdk" "private_key_id" extension:json

AWS

site:target.com "AKIA" filetype:env NOT example NOT test

SendGrid

site:target.com "SG." filetype:env NOT example

MongoDB

site:target.com "mongodb+srv://" "password"

PostgreSQL

site:target.com "postgresql://" "password" ext:env

JWT Secrets

site:target.com "JWT_SECRET" OR "jwt_secret" filetype:env

OpenAI API Keys

site:target.com "sk-" filetype:env OR filetype:txt

GitHub Tokens

site:target.com "ghp_" OR "gho_" OR "ghu_"

GitHub Code Search Patterns

With GitHub personal token (much better results):

headers = {"Authorization": "token GH_TOKEN"}
base = "https://api.github.com/search/code"

# SA Keys (Firebase/GCP) -- ~1 in 30 is valid
params = {"q": '"type": "service_account" "private_key" "project_id"'}

# .env with real credentials
params = {"q": 'DB_PASSWORD+DB_HOST+APP_KEY+filename:.env+NOT+example+NOT+your+NOT+test'}

# Supabase URLs + keys
params = {"q": 'supabase.co+SUPABASE_URL+SUPABASE_ANON_KEY+NOT+example+NOT+your'}

# AWS Keys
params = {"q": 'AKIA+filename:.env+NOT+example+NOT+your'}

# SendGrid keys
params = {"q": 'SG.+filename:.env+NOT+example'}

# MongoDB connection strings
params = {"q": 'mongodb+srv://+password+filename:.env'}

Certificate SAN Discovery

# Extract SANs directly from the certificate
openssl s_client -connect target.com:443 -servername target.com </dev/null 2>/dev/null | \
  openssl x509 -noout -ext subjectAltName | grep -oP 'DNS:[^,]+' | cut -d: -f2 | sort -u

Real-World Cases

Real-world case MPF Argentina: SSO certificate revealed fiscales.gob.ar, fiscales.gov.ar, mpf.gov.ar that didn't appear in conventional CT searches.

Pitfalls

Issue	Solution
Google rate limits	Space out searches, use incognito, rotate IP
GitHub API limits	Use personal token (5000 req/hr)
False positives from example repos	Append NOT example NOT test NOT your

Verification

# Test dork results manually
curl -sk "https://target.com/.env" | head -5
# Verify GitHub found secrets
python3 -c "import json; print(json.loads(open('result.json').read()))"