# Flux exposed environment variables publicly — a "massive security hole"

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-06-22
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly Spaces - June 22nd (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:26:22 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BZu_1QW7sw&t=1582s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2022-06-22-flux-exposed-environment-variables-publicly-a-mass-ubgw/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Flux exposed environment variables publicly — a "massive security hole"," Akash Weekly Spaces - June 22nd (Akash Network), 22 Jun 2022, 00:26:22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BZu_1QW7sw&t=1582s

## Quote — verbatim

> I was using the product to discover some of the security holes that they had — massive security holes. One big hole was they were exposing environment variables to the public. Akash, we don't do that — environment variables in Akash are private between the tenant and the provider.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His public dispute with Flux after a Messari report on Akash; he says Flux's founder proposed then backed out of a live debate, and cites Presearch leaving Flux for Akash over dropped connections.