diff --git a/pkg/detectors/detectors.go b/pkg/detectors/detectors.go
index 939ffae5b..dbcec64f2 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/detectors.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/detectors.go
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ func (r *Result) GetPrimarySecretValue() string {
 	return r.primarySecret.Value
 }
 
+// ClearSecrets removes fields that may contain raw secret material.
+func (r *Result) ClearSecrets() {
+	r.Raw = nil
+	r.RawV2 = nil
+	r.SecretParts = nil
+	r.primarySecret = struct {
+		Value string
+		Line  int64
+	}{}
+}
+
 // SetChunkOffset records the byte position of this result's secret within the chunk data.
 func (r *Result) SetChunkOffset(offset int64) {
 	r.chunkOffset = offset
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/result_test.go b/pkg/detectors/result_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95baebef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/result_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package detectors
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestClearSecrets(t *testing.T) {
+	result := Result{
+		Raw:         []byte("raw-secret"),
+		RawV2:       []byte("raw-secret-v2"),
+		Redacted:    "redacted",
+		SecretParts: map[string]string{"key": "raw-secret"},
+		ExtraData:   map[string]string{"account": "123"},
+	}
+	result.SetPrimarySecretValue("secret-value")
+	result.SetPrimarySecretLine(12)
+	result.SetVerificationError(assert.AnError)
+
+	result.ClearSecrets()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, result.Raw)
+	assert.Nil(t, result.RawV2)
+	assert.Nil(t, result.SecretParts)
+	assert.Empty(t, result.GetPrimarySecretValue())
+	assert.Zero(t, result.primarySecret.Line)
+	assert.Equal(t, "redacted", result.Redacted)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"account": "123"}, result.ExtraData)
+	assert.EqualError(t, result.VerificationError(), assert.AnError.Error())
+}
diff --git a/pkg/verificationcache/verification_cache.go b/pkg/verificationcache/verification_cache.go
index cdccdd7ec..494c7e64b 100644
--- a/pkg/verificationcache/verification_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/verificationcache/verification_cache.go
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ func (v *VerificationCache) FromData(
 
 		copyForCaching := r
 		// Do not persist raw secret values in a long-lived cache
-		copyForCaching.Raw = nil
-		copyForCaching.RawV2 = nil
+		copyForCaching.ClearSecrets()
 		v.resultCache.Set(string(cacheKey), copyForCaching)
 	}
 
@@ -183,8 +182,7 @@ func (v *VerificationCache) verifyCacheMisses(
 		verifyResult(i)
 		copyForCaching := results[i]
 		// Do not persist raw secret values in a long-lived cache
-		copyForCaching.Raw = nil
-		copyForCaching.RawV2 = nil
+		copyForCaching.ClearSecrets()
 		v.resultCache.Set(string(cacheKey), copyForCaching)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/verificationcache/verification_cache_test.go b/pkg/verificationcache/verification_cache_test.go
index 8472b140e..81ea780c6 100644
--- a/pkg/verificationcache/verification_cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/verificationcache/verification_cache_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,16 @@ func (t *testDetector) FromData(_ context.Context, verify bool, _ []byte) ([]det
 	t.fromDataCallCount = t.fromDataCallCount + 1
 	var results []detectors.Result
 	for _, r := range t.results {
-		copy := detectors.Result{Redacted: r.Redacted, Raw: r.Raw, RawV2: r.RawV2, DetectorType: r.DetectorType}
+		copy := detectors.Result{
+			Redacted:     r.Redacted,
+			Raw:          r.Raw,
+			RawV2:        r.RawV2,
+			DetectorType: r.DetectorType,
+			SecretParts:  r.SecretParts,
+		}
+		if v := r.GetPrimarySecretValue(); v != "" {
+			copy.SetPrimarySecretValue(v)
+		}
 		if verify {
 			copy.CopyVerificationInfo(&r)
 		}
@@ -535,3 +544,32 @@ func TestVerificationCache_FromData_ResultVerifier_ForceCacheUpdate(t *testing.T
 	assert.Equal(t, int32(0), metrics.ResultCacheMisses.Load())
 	assert.Equal(t, int32(0), metrics.ResultCacheHitsWasted.Load())
 }
+
+func TestVerificationCache_FromData_DoesNotCacheSecretMaterial(t *testing.T) {
+	result := detectors.Result{
+		Redacted:    "hello",
+		Raw:         []byte("hello"),
+		RawV2:       []byte("helloV2"),
+		Verified:    true,
+		SecretParts: map[string]string{"key": "hello"},
+	}
+	result.SetPrimarySecretValue("hello")
+	detector := testDetector{results: []detectors.Result{result}}
+	cache := New(simple.NewCache[detectors.Result](), nil)
+
+	results, err := cache.FromData(logContext.Background(), &detector, true, false, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Len(t, results, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("hello"), results[0].Raw)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("helloV2"), results[0].RawV2)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"key": "hello"}, results[0].SecretParts)
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello", results[0].GetPrimarySecretValue())
+
+	cached := cache.resultCache.Values()
+	require.Len(t, cached, 1)
+	assert.Nil(t, cached[0].Raw)
+	assert.Nil(t, cached[0].RawV2)
+	assert.Nil(t, cached[0].SecretParts)
+	assert.Empty(t, cached[0].GetPrimarySecretValue())
+}