you can pass the api key using command line variables similar to how you are passing env.

mvn test -PSmokeTests -Denv=QA -DapiKey="keyvalue123"

You can ccess api key inside your java project using the following command

String apiKey = System.getProperty("apiKey");

• The rest-assured dependency you are using is providing a transitive dependency on commons-codec:commons-codec:1.11, which has a known security vulnerability. The warning is indicating that there's a potential risk of exposing sensitive information to unauthorized actors due to this vulnerability.

• To remove this warning, you can either exclude the vulnerable dependency from the rest-assured dependency or add the latest version of commons-codec as a separate dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
    <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
    <version>5.3.0</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

OR

<dependency>
    <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
    <version>1.15</version>
</dependency>