GitLeaks [docker action]

Audit git repositories for secrets. Gitleaks provides a way for you to find unencrypted secrets and other unwanted data types in git repositories.

Features

• Audits for uncommitted changes
• Output in JSON formats for consumption in other reporting tools and frameworks

Adapted from zricethezav/gitleaks

The latest version available for this action is 7728686b. It was last updated on Fri Feb 27 2026.

Inputs

path

The path to the repository that will be checked. Defaults to the location of actions/checkout default path.

• required: false
• default: /github/workspace

Examples

As a step in pre-existing job.

• uses: actions/checkout@master
• … other steps
• uses: dogmatic69/actions@7728686b

This simple job example has the bare minimum required to run.

gitleaks: name: GitLeaks runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@master - uses: dogmatic69/actions@7728686b

This example has all possible inputs, with dummy data.

gitleaks: name: GitLeaks runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@master - uses: dogmatic69/actions@7728686b with: path: foobar