diff --git a/sds/src/scanner/regex_rule/config.rs b/sds/src/scanner/regex_rule/config.rs
index 1704c646..1d0d9c5b 100644
--- a/sds/src/scanner/regex_rule/config.rs
+++ b/sds/src/scanner/regex_rule/config.rs
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ pub enum SecondaryValidator {
     MoneroAddress,
     NhsCheckDigit,
     NirChecksum,
+    NonHexChecker,
     PolishNationalIdChecksum,
     PolishNipChecksum,
     PortugueseTaxIdChecksum,
diff --git a/sds/src/scanner/test/validators.rs b/sds/src/scanner/test/validators.rs
index 460d9473..1d50fd01 100644
--- a/sds/src/scanner/test/validators.rs
+++ b/sds/src/scanner/test/validators.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::SecondaryValidator::{
     ChineseIdChecksum, GithubTokenChecksum, IbanChecker, JwtExpirationChecker, NhsCheckDigit,
+    NonHexChecker,
 };
 use crate::scanner::RootRuleConfig;
 use crate::{MatchAction, RegexRuleConfig, ScannerBuilder, SecondaryValidator};
@@ -170,3 +171,32 @@ fn test_nhs_checksum() {
     assert_eq!(matches.len(), 1);
     assert_eq!(content, "[NHS]");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_non_hex_checker_filters_pure_hex() {
+    let rule = RegexRuleConfig::new("[a-zA-Z0-9_]{16,}");
+    let match_action = MatchAction::Redact {
+        replacement: "[token]".to_string(),
+    };
+
+    let rule_with_validator =
+        RootRuleConfig::new(rule.clone().with_validator(Some(NonHexChecker)).build())
+            .match_action(match_action.clone());
+
+    let scanner_without =
+        ScannerBuilder::new(&[RootRuleConfig::new(rule.build()).match_action(match_action)])
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+
+    let mut pure_hex = "0123456789abcdef".to_string();
+    assert_eq!(scanner_without.scan(&mut pure_hex).unwrap().len(), 1);
+
+    let scanner_with = ScannerBuilder::new(&[rule_with_validator]).build().unwrap();
+    let mut pure_hex_again = "0123456789abcdef".to_string();
+    assert_eq!(scanner_with.scan(&mut pure_hex_again).unwrap().len(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(pure_hex_again, "0123456789abcdef");
+
+    let mut with_prefix = "sk_live_0123456789abcd".to_string();
+    assert_eq!(scanner_with.scan(&mut with_prefix).unwrap().len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(with_prefix, "[token]");
+}
diff --git a/sds/src/secondary_validation/mod.rs b/sds/src/secondary_validation/mod.rs
index c0bd0111..8fc23077 100644
--- a/sds/src/secondary_validation/mod.rs
+++ b/sds/src/secondary_validation/mod.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ mod luxembourg_individual_nin_checksum;
 mod monero_address;
 mod nhs_check_digit;
 mod nir_checksum;
+mod non_hex_checker;
 mod polish_national_id_checksum;
 mod polish_nip_checksum;
 mod portuguese_tax_id_checksum;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ pub use crate::secondary_validation::luxembourg_individual_nin_checksum::Luxembo
 pub use crate::secondary_validation::monero_address::MoneroAddress;
 pub use crate::secondary_validation::nhs_check_digit::NhsCheckDigit;
 pub use crate::secondary_validation::nir_checksum::NirChecksum;
+pub use crate::secondary_validation::non_hex_checker::NonHexChecker;
 pub use crate::secondary_validation::polish_national_id_checksum::PolishNationalIdChecksum;
 pub use crate::secondary_validation::polish_nip_checksum::PolishNipChecksum;
 pub use crate::secondary_validation::portuguese_tax_id_checksum::PortugueseTaxIdChecksum;
@@ -253,6 +255,7 @@ impl SecondaryValidator {
             SecondaryValidator::MoneroAddress => Arc::new(MoneroAddress),
             SecondaryValidator::NhsCheckDigit => Arc::new(NhsCheckDigit),
             SecondaryValidator::NirChecksum => Arc::new(NirChecksum),
+            SecondaryValidator::NonHexChecker => Arc::new(NonHexChecker),
             SecondaryValidator::PolishNationalIdChecksum => Arc::new(PolishNationalIdChecksum),
             SecondaryValidator::PolishNipChecksum => Arc::new(PolishNipChecksum),
             SecondaryValidator::PortugueseTaxIdChecksum => Arc::new(PortugueseTaxIdChecksum),
diff --git a/sds/src/secondary_validation/non_hex_checker.rs b/sds/src/secondary_validation/non_hex_checker.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1e8ae23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sds/src/secondary_validation/non_hex_checker.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use crate::secondary_validation::Validator;
+
+/// Accepts matches that contain at least one character outside `[0-9a-fA-F]`.
+///
+/// Useful to drop pure hexadecimal substrings (for example hashes or UUIDs without separators)
+/// while keeping tokens that use a wider alphabet (base64, prefixes, punctuation, etc.).
+pub struct NonHexChecker;
+
+impl Validator for NonHexChecker {
+    fn is_valid_match(&self, regex_match: &str) -> bool {
+        regex_match.chars().any(|c| !c.is_ascii_hexdigit())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::secondary_validation::Validator;
+    use crate::secondary_validation::non_hex_checker::NonHexChecker;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rejects_pure_hex() {
+        for input in [
+            "",
+            "a",
+            "deadbeef",
+            "DEADBEEF0123456789",
+            "0123456789abcdef",
+            "AbCdEf0123456789",
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                !NonHexChecker.is_valid_match(input),
+                "expected pure hex or empty to be rejected: {input:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn accepts_when_any_non_hex_present() {
+        for input in [
+            "g",
+            "0g",
+            "sk_live_abc",
+            "abc-def",
+            "ff_FF", // underscore is not hex
+            "日本",
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                NonHexChecker.is_valid_match(input),
+                "expected non-hex character to accept: {input:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}