Secret scanning: Scan issues, discussions, pull request descriptions, and comments

[github-product-roadmap]

Summary

Secret scanning currently scans commit content for all supported patterns. We're extending the breadth of our scans for Advanced Security customers to cover pull requests, issues, discussions, and all related comments.

Intended Outcome

While most secret leaks occur in code content, a portion do also leak in other content types, including pull requests and issues. We're expanding the scope of our scans for more exhaustive coverage to better protect our users across GitHub.

How will it work?

Advanced Security customers will be able to view detections found in private and public repositories for these content types within the secret scanning UI.