Last seen August 17, 2025

AI Security Incident

Evidence indicates that the affected technology is affected by a security issue.

Technical Severity

Low severity

Lifecycle Status

STABLE

Sources

1 source: garymarcus.substack.com

What Happened

Evidence indicates that the affected technology is affected by a security issue.

Why This Matters

Current evidence identifies a security issue involving the affected technology, but does not yet support a more specific impact claim.

Recommended Action

No confirmed vendor remediation is available in the current evidence. Confirm whether the affected technology is present in your environment and review the affected configuration.

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Exposure

Recommended Response

First Seen

Aug 17, 2025 05:30

Last Seen

Aug 17, 2025 05:30

Exploitation status: UNKNOWN

Primary entities:

AI Agents Prompt Injection Remote Code Execution

Timeline

Incident first seen
Aug 17, 2025 05:30
BugSkan first recorded this incident.
LLMs + Coding Agents = Security Nightmare - Marcus on AI | Substack
Aug 17, 2025 05:30
garymarcus.substack.com · Vulnerability

Sources

LLMs + Coding Agents = Security Nightmare - Marcus on AI | Substack

garymarcus.substack.com · Aug 17, 2025 05:30

The article details advanced prompt injection and watering hole techniques that exploit LLM-based coding agents, leveraging their ability to interpret malicious instructions hidden from human users. These methods, including ASCII Smuggling and embedding hidden prompts in GitHub repositories, can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE), enabling attackers to gain full control over developer systems.

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