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title: "Claude Code's “Don't Ask Again” File Exposes Passwords and Keys in 1,122 Public Copies on GitHub"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/claude-codes-dont-ask-again-file-exposes-passwords-and-keys-in-1-122-7503e85b
published: 2026-11-07T06:44:17.000Z
byline: "Source: The Hacker News"
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# Claude Code's “Don't Ask Again” File Exposes Passwords and Keys in 1,122 Public Copies on GitHub

Source: The Hacker News · Published 2026-11-07 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/claude-codes-dont-ask-again-file-exposes-passwords-and-keys-in-1-122-7503e85b

Passwords and API keys that developers typed into commands they approved in Claude Code are sitting in public GitHub repositories, where anyone can read them. When a user selects "Yes, and don't ask again," Anthropic's AI coding assistant can save the command, word-for-word, including the secret, in a project settings file. Software security company Apiiro said yesterday that 1,122 public

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## Sources

- [Read the original at The Hacker News](https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/claude-codes-dont-ask-again-file.html)

## On Bluesky

- [Ninja Owl (@ninjaowl.ai)](https://bsky.app/profile/ninjaowl.ai/post/3mzppfxz2rx2o) (Nov 7, 2026 · 2 likes · 2 reposts): Claude Code's “Don't Ask Again” File Exposes Passwords and Keys in 1,122 Public Copies on GitHub \#cybersecurity \#hacking \#news \#infosec \#security \#technology \#privacy thehackernews.com/20...
- [TierraSapiens (@tierrasapiens.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/tierrasapiens.bsky.social/post/3mzppchk2bk27) (Nov 7, 2026): 🖲️ \#Noticia \#CiberSeguridad \#Cybersecurity \#CiberNoticia Claude Code's “Don't Ask Again” File Exposes Passwords and Keys in 1,122 Public Copies on GitHub Leer Más / Read More...
- [tec\_acc (@postac001.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/postac001.bsky.social/post/3mzpkkaz47d2u) (Nov 7, 2026): Claude Codeは、ユーザーが「再度確認しない」を選択すると、APIキーなどの機密情報をプロジェクト設定ファイルに保存し、GitHub上の1122の公開リポジトリで漏洩する脆弱性があった。

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