DigitalOcean Personal Access Token

Detects DigitalOcean personal access tokens (dop_v1_ prefix). These tokens authenticate to the DigitalOcean API and can manage droplets, databases, DNS and billing; a leak enables full account control.

Type

regex

Engine

universal

Confidence

high

Confidence justification

High confidence: the distinctive dop_v1_ prefix with a fixed 64-character hex body makes false positives extremely unlikely.

Jurisdictions

global

Regulations

Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Misuse Act 1990

Frameworks

CIS Controls, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2

Data categories

credentials, security

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

8

Platform compatibility

Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Unsupported, Macie: Unsupported, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Unsupported, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?<![A-Za-z0-9_])dop_v1_[a-f0-9]{64}(?![A-Za-z0-9])

Corroborative evidence keywords

digitalocean, digital ocean, doctl, api.digitalocean.com, personal access token, droplet

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• dop_v1_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef — Exact 65 probe - distinctive token structure without provider context
• DigitalOcean droplet API credential dop_v1_abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789 — Exact 75 probe - token corroborated by a DigitalOcean resource context
• DigitalOcean API credential DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN=dop_v1_deadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeef — Exact 85 probe - provider context plus canonical secret assignment

Should not match

• dop_v1_0123456789abcdef — Too short to be a DigitalOcean PAT
• doo_v1_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef — OAuth token prefix (doo_v1_), not a personal access token
• GITHUB_TOKEN=dop_v1_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef — Sibling provider label does not corroborate a DigitalOcean token
• Documentation example: DigitalOcean API DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN=dop_v1_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef — Documentation example with a valid-shaped token is excluded
• create a digitalocean personal access token in the API settings — Prose mention without a token value

Known false positives

• 64-char hex digests accidentally prefixed with dop_v1_ in documentation. Mitigation: Require corroborative DigitalOcean keywords and exclude placeholder markers.

References

• How to create a DigitalOcean personal access token

Collections

• Cloud Credentials & API Keys