EnvHunter is a simple but powerful Python tool designed to hunt down .env
files and extract sensitive secrets.
- Auto detect
.env
files in target directories - Parse and extract sensitive environment variables
- Identify and report AWS keys, API keys, DB passwords and more
- Save results to a clean text report for later review
- Lightweight and fast — perfect for OSINT, leak hunting, and security auditing
[+] Found .env at /target/.env
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=supersecret123
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIAxxxxxxxxxxx
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MAIL_PASSWORD=mailpass2024
[+] Results saved to report.txt
python3 envhunter.py /path/to/scan
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.env *.env
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