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spring-boot-demo/scripts/demo-heapdump-leak.sh
Ankur Mhatre 4b6cefa60a Spring Boot 4 Actuator in production: endpoints, security, custom health indicators
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# The endpoint that really does hand over your secrets - once you turn it on.
set -uo pipefail
cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
OUT=docs/output/04-heapdump-leak.txt
B=http://localhost:8080/actuator
{
echo "### profiles: exposeall,open PLUS --management.endpoint.heapdump.access=unrestricted"
echo
echo "\$ curl -s -o /tmp/heap.hprof -w 'status=%{http_code} bytes=%{size_download} type=%{content_type}' $B/heapdump"
curl -s -o /tmp/heap.hprof -w 'status=%{http_code} bytes=%{size_download} type=%{content_type}\n' "$B/heapdump"
echo
echo "\$ strings /tmp/heap.hprof | grep -c 'S3CRET-partner-credential'"
strings /tmp/heap.hprof 2>/dev/null | grep -c 'S3CRET-partner-credential'
echo "\$ strings /tmp/heap.hprof | grep -o 'not-a-real-password[^\"]*' | head -1"
strings /tmp/heap.hprof 2>/dev/null | grep -o 'not-a-real-password[^\"]*' | head -1
echo
echo " /actuator/env masked both of these to ******."
echo " /actuator/heapdump handed over the process memory that contains them in plaintext."
echo " Sanitisation is a property-rendering feature. It is not a security boundary."
rm -f /tmp/heap.hprof
} > "$OUT" 2>&1
echo "wrote $OUT"