Security News
The Changelog Podcast: Practical Steps to Stay Safe on npm
Learn the essential steps every developer should take to stay secure on npm and reduce exposure to supply chain attacks.
By Sarah Gooding - Oct 31, 2025
🚀 DAY 5 OF LAUNCH WEEK: Introducing Socket Firewall Enterprise.Learn more →
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-process
Advanced tools
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-process
AWS credential provider that sources credential_process from ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-process
An internal package
Usage
You probably shouldn't, at least directly. Please use @aws-sdk/credential-providers instead.
Other packages similar to @aws-sdk/credential-provider-process
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-ini
This package is similar to @aws-sdk/credential-provider-process in that it is also used to load AWS credentials, but it does so from the AWS shared configuration file (typically located at ~/.aws/credentials). It does not execute an external process to obtain credentials.
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-cognito-identity
This package provides a way to retrieve AWS credentials by using Amazon Cognito Identity. It is different from @aws-sdk/credential-provider-process as it specifically targets Cognito for authentication rather than executing a custom process.
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity
This package is designed to retrieve AWS credentials from web identity token files, which is useful for workloads running on EKS or using OIDC identity providers. Unlike @aws-sdk/credential-provider-process, it does not involve running a separate process to obtain credentials.
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-sso
This package allows users to retrieve AWS credentials using AWS Single Sign-On (SSO). It differs from @aws-sdk/credential-provider-process by focusing on SSO as the credential source rather than a custom process.
Keywords
FAQs
AWS credential provider that sources credential_process from ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config
The npm package @aws-sdk/credential-provider-process receives a total of 35,166,790 weekly downloads. As such, @aws-sdk/credential-provider-process popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @aws-sdk/credential-provider-process demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 23 Oct 2025
Did you know?
Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.
Related posts
Security News
Security Community Slams MIT-linked Report Claiming AI Powers 80% of Ransomware
Experts push back on new claims about AI-driven ransomware, warning that hype and sponsored research are distorting how the threat is understood.
By Sarah Gooding - Oct 30, 2025
Security News
Ruby Core Team Assumes Stewardship of RubyGems and Bundler, Former Maintainers Offer to Transfer All Rights to Matz
Ruby's creator Matz assumes control of RubyGems and Bundler repositories while former maintainers agree to step back and transfer all rights to end the dispute.
By Sarah Gooding - Oct 29, 2025