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Git Metadata

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2026
Nearly 5 Million Web Servers Found Exposing Git Metadata – Study Reveals Widespread Risk of Code and Credential Leaks

A study found nearly 5 million servers exposing Git metadata, with 250,000 leaking deployment credentials via .git/config files. A new 2026 study by the Mysterium VPN research team reveals that nearly 5 million public web servers are exposing Git repository metadata — with over 250,000 of them exposing .git/config files containing deployment credentials. Such misconfigurations […]

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