---
id: "jfrog_reference_token"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["secrets"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 73
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/jfrog_reference_token"
---

# JFrog reference token (`jfrog_reference_token`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Short token of the JFrog Platform (Artifactory) that refers to a full JWT access token. It has 64 characters: the prefix cmVmd followed by 59 letters and digits. JFrog introduced it to replace API keys.

- Parent datatype: `access_token`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Secrets and credentials (passwords, keys, tokens) (secrets)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^cmVmd[A-Za-z0-9]{59}$
```

## Examples

- `cmVmdExampleTokenExampleTokenExampleTokenExampleTokenExampleToke` — Constructed, non-functional value

## Supported by tools

- `gitleaks`
- `semgrep`
- `trufflehog`

## Sources

- doc: <https://docs.jfrog.com/user-management/docs/identity-tokens>
- doc: <https://jfrog.com/help/r/platform-api-key-deprecation-and-the-new-reference-tokens>

## Quality

Score 73/100. Missing: second example, negative example, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/jfrog_reference_token.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/secrets/jfrog_reference_token.yaml>