Security-related question about a possible exposed credential

[Emma-NYL]

Hello,

My name is Emma, I am conducting an academic study on possible credential exposure in public GitHub repositories.

While analyzing this repository, I found a string that may represent a credential. I'm including the code snippet below containing possible leakage. To avoid exposing sensitive information publicly, I marked the sensitive information.

Could you please help clarify whether the detected string is:

1. a real credential, or
2. a placeholder / example value?

Thank you for your time.

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Code snippet (sensitive values masked):

  fs.writeFileSync(SERVERS_FILE, "[]", "utf8");
  servers = [];
}

// Connect to the SSH server using ssh2
const ssh = new Client();
let pwd = "~";

ssh.on("ready", async () => {
  await bot.sendMessage(CHAT_ID, "SSH successfully connected.");
});

const sshExecute = (command, ping) => {

Thank you in advance for your time - I really appreciate it!

Sincerely,
Emma