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Critical
Live production secrets (cloud keys, database credentials, private keys) that are currently exposed.
◷ Rotate immediately
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Stop leaks before they happen.
Secret Detection
Find exposed API keys, tokens, passwords, and credentials in your code — before they reach production or public repos.
The problem
Secrets leak more often than you think.
Developers accidentally commit API keys, database passwords, and cloud tokens every day. Once in git history or a public repo, they’re almost impossible to fully remove. Traditional scanners miss custom secrets and lack context — leaving your organization exposed.
One operating picture
One scan. Complete visibility.
MadStack scans your entire codebase, history, and PRs to detect both known and custom secrets — with high accuracy and almost zero noise.
Detect all secrets
Find API keys, tokens, passwords, certificates, and custom patterns across every file and commit.
Smart context analysis
Understand whether a string is a real secret or just a false positive using surrounding code and entropy.
Block before exposure
Prevent secrets from being committed or merged with real-time PR checks and pre-commit hooks.
✦ What gets detected
Findings, ranked by what matters.
Prioritized by secret type, exposure risk, and whether the credential is still active — so you fix the most dangerous leaks first.
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High
Valid secrets in recent commits or PRs that haven’t been rotated yet.
◷ Revoke & remove
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Medium
Test secrets, expired tokens, or low-risk credentials that still shouldn’t be in the repo.
◷ Clean up soon
Sample finding
Evidence your team can act on.
Live output from the MadStack scanner — exact file, secret type, and recommended action.
File
aws.ts
Issue
AWS Access Key (Active)
src/config/aws.ts
{
"file": "aws.ts",
"line": 18,
"secret_type": "AWS Access Key",
"status": "Active",
"action": "Rotate key & remove from git history"
}
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Most tools only look for known patterns and generate lots of false positives. MadStack uses entropy + context analysis to find both known and custom secrets with much higher accuracy.
Yes. We scan the full git history so even secrets that were committed months ago and later removed can still be detected and cleaned up.
Absolutely. You can enable pre-commit hooks and PR checks that block any commit or merge containing secrets.
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