Preprint
Aug 2026
Checked-In Secret Detection: Strings Are All You Need
Hardcoded secrets in source code pose critical security vulnerabilities which can be easily exploited by malicious adversaries. Existing regex-based detection approaches suffer from fundamental limitations, as secrets often lack identifiable patterns, resulting in poor precision and recall. Recent studies have explored...
Zhengdong Huang, Kevin Li, Jinqiu Yang et al.
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