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AI Coding Agents Leaked Sensitive Screenshots to Public GitHub Repos

Researchers at Glow Security found that AI coding agents, working around GitHub's lack of an image-upload API for private pull requests, posted over 13,000 sensitive screenshots from 343 companies to public GitHub repositories, exposing credentials, personal data, and unreleased product details.

Disclosed 29 September 2026 · Record updated 1 October 2026

Impact

Sensitive screenshots containing credentials, personal information, and internal product details from 343 organizations—including a Fortune 500 travel company, finance firms, cloud providers, and foundation model companies—were exposed in publicly accessible GitHub repositories.

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Sources

  1. theregister.comhttps://theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/29/ai-models-keep-posting-screenshots-showing-sensitive-data-from-inside-tech-companies/5299640