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Helper for providing AWS credentials to workloads using their SPIFFE identity. Version 0.0.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Helper for providing AWS credentials to workloads using their SPIFFE identity
Project links
Commands and aliases
- aws-spiffe-workload-helper
history
Project history and usage
AWS SPIFFE Workload Helper is a SPIFFE project helper for obtaining AWS credentials from SPIFFE workload identities.
Project history
The official README describes the helper as a lightweight tool for providing workloads with AWS credentials using SPIFFE identity, with support for X.509 SVIDs through AWS Roles Anywhere and JWT SVIDs through AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity.
Adoption history
The repository is a SPIFFE tiny-project and remains a narrow integration tool rather than a broad CLI ecosystem. Its GitHub releases reached v0.0.5 on February 16, 2026.
How it is used
Users configure AWS SDKs and CLIs by setting `credential_process` in `~/.aws/config` to invoke `aws-spiffe-workload-helper`. The helper can return credentials to stdout or write a user-specified credential file for legacy consumers.
Why package nerds care
The package is notable because it bridges SPIFFE Workload API identity, AWS Roles Anywhere, AWS STS, and the AWS external credential process contract in a single distributable binary.
Timeline
- 2024: Initial public development began in the official repository.
- 2025: Early v0.0.x releases were published.
- 2026: v0.0.5 was published on GitHub Releases.
Related projects
- SPIFFE and the SPIFFE Workload API provide the identity source.
- AWS Roles Anywhere and AWS STS AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity provide AWS credential exchange targets.
- AWS rolesanywhere-credential-helper is the AWS tool the README compares this helper against.
Sources
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-sourcing-external.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/introduction.html
- https://github.com/spiffe/aws-spiffe-workload-helper#readme
- https://github.com/spiffe/aws-spiffe-workload-helper/releases
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.aws/config
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
aws-spiffe-workload-helper | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.0.5
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local dataok
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latest detectedv0.0.5
https://github.com/spiffe/aws-spiffe-workload-helper
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:aws-spiffe-workload-helper |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.5 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aws-spiffe-workload-helper |
| Homepage | https://github.com/spiffe/aws-spiffe-workload-helper |
| Repository | https://github.com/spiffe/aws-spiffe-workload-helper |
| Upstream docs | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity.html |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/spiffe/aws-spiffe-workload-helper/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.5.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | go |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | aws-spiffe-workload-helper |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment