Claude Code's “Don't Ask Again” File Exposes Passwords and Keys in 1,122 Public Copies on GitHub

2026-11-08T01:23:59Z•a0111fffd6147706b8c6f3c0be3890e0b8c4763d5881f7bcb331ec9eba1c03be
CVE-2024-27834CVE-2026-109593CVE-2026-116606CVE-2026-123158CVE-2026-83844AI-securityAPTAPT29AppleBarracudaLinuxMicrosoft WindowsOpenSSHSonicWallWordPressZyxelactive-exploitationauthentication-bypassbrowser-extensionscloud-securitycredential-exposuredata-breachprivilege-escalationprompt-injectionremote-code-executionsecret-leaksupply-chain-securityvulnerability-managementwatering-holezero-day

What happened

The document is a security-news feed covering active exploitation, critical vulnerabilities, supply-chain and cloud credential exposure, AI-assisted attacks, and attacks against enterprise appliances and open-source software. Notable risks include OpenSSH authentication bypass on Alpine Linux, root-level Barracuda ESG command execution, actively exploited Zyxel and Apple flaws, Debian/Ubuntu APT package substitution leading to root execution, exposed Claude Code secrets in public GitHub repositories, and multiple AI-related data-exfiltration and code-execution issues. Several items involve unم

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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Enrichment time
2026-11-08T01:23:59Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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