US EditionOver 29 Million Secrets Were Leaked on GitHub in 2025, and AI Really Isn't Helping
GitGuardian's 2025 report finds AI-assisted coding doubled secret leak rates, with 29 million secrets exposed and risky configurations worsening security gaps.
- Published March 17th, 2026, GitGuardian's State of Secrets Sprawl report reports a 34% YoY rise to 29 million leaked secrets on GitHub.
- AI adoption in 2025 reshaped software engineering, lifting public commits 43% and doubling leak rates in AI-assisted commits, the report says.
- Data show Claude Code-assisted commits leaked secrets at ~3.2% versus a 1.5% baseline, while AI service credential leaks rose 81% to 1,275,105 incidents.
- Governance gaps mean security teams and CISOs face ongoing risk as ~60% long-lived credentials cause violations and 60% of 2022 valid secrets remain active in 2026.
- Internal repositories are six times likelier to contain hardcoded secrets, with collaboration and productivity tools causing 28% of incidents, expanding exposure to developer machines and AI agents.
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