The State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 The year Software Changed Forever

The rise of AI-assisted development is reshaping software security, driving secrets sprawl faster than most organizations can remediate. With more developers, code, and AI services, hardcoded credentials are spreading across public repositories, internal systems, and collaboration tools.

This report analyzes exposed secrets in the modern software supply chain, including:

• Why 8 of the 10 fastest-growing leaked secret types are tied to AI services
• How internal repositories are 6x likelier to contain hardcoded secrets than public ones
• Why 64% of secrets leaked in 2022 remain valid today

Read the full report for detailed data and recommendations.