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title: "Supabase Authentication in Prowler"
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Prowler for Supabase authenticates to the hosted Supabase Management API using a **Personal Access Token** (PAT). Prowler reads the token exclusively from `SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN`; there is no credential CLI argument, and Prowler does not read Supabase CLI state files.
## Personal Access Token Security
Supabase PATs inherit the privileges of the user account that created them. Use a dedicated least-privilege or read-only organization account where available, set a suitable token expiry, store the token in a secret manager, and rotate it regularly.
<Warning>
A PAT is not independently scoped to read-only Management API access. Compromise of the token grants the same Management API privileges as its issuing user account.
</Warning>
## Required Access
The issuing account must be able to call:
- [`GET /v1/organizations`](https://supabase.com/docs/reference/api/v1-list-all-organizations)
- [`GET /v1/organizations/{slug}/members`](https://supabase.com/docs/reference/api/v1-list-organization-members)
An invalid token returns `401`, insufficient organization permissions return `403`, and rate limiting returns `429`. Prowler treats all three as scan errors rather than compliant results. Supabase applies a standard limit of approximately 120 Management API requests per minute for each user and scope; Prowler uses the response rate-limit reset headers before retrying.
## Configure Authentication
Create a PAT from [Supabase Account Tokens](https://supabase.com/dashboard/account/tokens), then export it:
```bash
export SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-personal-access-token"
prowler supabase
```
For CI/CD, configure `SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN` as a masked secret environment variable. Do not place it in command arguments, repository files, or job logs.
## Out of Scope
This proof of concept does not support:
- OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)
- Direct PostgreSQL authentication
- Self-hosted Supabase deployments
- Supabase CLI credential or state files