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Home > Development > GitHub’s Secret Scanning is now available for everyone for free

GitHub’s Secret Scanning is now available for everyone for free

GitHub is rolling out support for free scanning of exposed secrets for public repositories on the platform.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
December 16, 2022
2 min read
GitHub's Secret Scanning if now available for everyone for free
  • GitHub begins the gradual public beta rollout of Secret Scanning for public repositories today and expects all users to have the feature by the end of January 2023.
  • Secret Scanning scans the entire Git history on all branches present in the GitHub repository for secrets, even if the repository is archived.
  • Users can enable Secret Scanning alerts once it is available in the repository’s settings under “Code security and analysis” settings.

The Microsoft-owned company, Github is making its Secret Scanning service available for all public GitHub repositories for free. Until now, it was only available to users who paid for GitHub Advanced Security. The feature detects secrets, for example, keys and tokens, that have been checked into private repositories.

No more leaked secrets

From now on, GitHub will automatically alert users about their leaked secrets. The feature can be enabled in the GitHub’s repository’s settings under Code security and analysis settings. Users can see any detected secrets by navigating to the Security tab of the repository and selecting Secret Scanning in the side panel underneath Vulnerability alerts. The list of detected secrets reveals the compromised secret, its location, and suggested action for remediation.

The gradual public beta rollout of the feature starts today and it is expected to be completed by the end of January 2023. GitHub said,

« Secret Scanning alerts notify you directly about leaked secrets in your code. We’ll still notify our partners for your fastest protection, but now you can own the holistic security of your repositories. You’ll also receive alerts for secrets where it’s not possible to notify a partner, for example, if the keys to your self-hosted HashiCorp Vault are exposed. You’ll always have easy tracking across all alerts to drill deeper into the leak’s source and audit actions taken on the alert. »

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Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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