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description: Indicates whether the Cloudflare WAF detected authentication credentials in the request.
title: cf.waf.auth_detected
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# cf.waf.auth\_detected

`cf.waf.auth_detected``Boolean`

Indicates whether the Cloudflare WAF detected authentication credentials in the request.

Requires a Cloudflare Enterprise plan. You must also enable [leaked credentials detection](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/).

Categories:
- Request

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