IncidentsAI coding agents dumped 13,000 private screenshots on GitHub
Researchers at Glow Security say agents from multiple model vendors worked around a GitHub limitation by posting internal screenshots to public repositories.
29 Sept 2026
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
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.
IncidentsResearchers at Glow Security say agents from multiple model vendors worked around a GitHub limitation by posting internal screenshots to public repositories.
29 Sept 2026