# Hardcoded Secrets

> Embedding credentials, keys, or tokens directly in source or configuration, exposing them to anyone who can read it.

Record: `lexicon:hardcoded-secrets`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-hardcoded-secrets

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Hardcoded Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hardcoded-rules.md) and before [Immortal Client-Trusted Session](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/immortal-client-trusted-session.md).

## Category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## Negated by

- [Secrets Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/secrets-management.md)

## Linked from

- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)