Claude Code leaks passwords from 1,122 public GitHub files
Original title: Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files
AI summary · x-ai/grok-4.7Summaries by Vani AI
Claude Code's 'Don't Ask Again' feature stored and leaked passwords from 1,122 public GitHub repositories.
Analysis of Claude Code, an AI coding agent, reveals that choosing 'Don't Ask Again' causes it to persist and expose credentials from public GitHub files. The issue affected 1,122 repositories.
Unconfirmed: Number of affected files may vary
Key facts
- 'Don't Ask Again' option leaks secrets
- 1,122 public GitHub files impacted
- Affects AI coding agents
- Claude Code stores credentials locally
- Public repositories are vulnerable to exposure
Security assessment · AI, from the articleNo known exploitation
Impact: exposed passwords in public files
What to do
- 1.Review public GitHub repositories for leaked secrets
- Vendors
- Anthropic
- Products
- Claude Code
From the original article
By shmulc · apiiro.com
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