Last seen February 24, 2026

GitHub Security Incident

Evidence indicates that GitHub is affected by a security issue.

Technical Severity

Low severity

Lifecycle Status

STABLE

Sources

1 source: thehackernews.com

What Happened

Evidence indicates that GitHub is affected by a security issue.

Why This Matters

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

Recommended Action

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

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Exposure

Recommended Response

First Seen

Feb 24, 2026 05:30

Last Seen

Feb 24, 2026 05:30

Exploitation status: UNKNOWN

Primary entities:

GitHub Prompt Injection

Timeline

Incident first seen
Feb 24, 2026 05:30
BugSkan first recorded this incident.
RoguePilot Flaw in GitHub Codespaces Enabled Copilot to Leak GITHUB_TOKEN - The Hacker News
Feb 24, 2026 05:30
thehackernews.com · Vulnerability

Sources

RoguePilot Flaw in GitHub Codespaces Enabled Copilot to Leak GITHUB_TOKEN - The Hacker News

thehackernews.com · Feb 24, 2026 05:30

The RoguePilot vulnerability in GitHub Codespaces leveraged passive prompt injection within GitHub issues to manipulate Copilot. This enabled attackers to silently execute malicious commands and exfiltrate sensitive data, specifically the `GITHUB_TOKEN`, to external servers.

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