Incidents tagged Chain

Credential-stealing malware detected within minutes of npm release, but impact remains unknown

Quoth the LLM, 'More and more'

Evidence indicates that Claude Code is affected by a security issue. Reported affected versions include 2.1.88. Exploitation evidence is classified as confirmed in the wild.

The OpenClaw open-source AI agent project rapidly exposed at least three high-risk Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to perform high-authority tasks like shell command execution. These critical flaws are exacerbated by direct/indirect prompt injection, configuration errors, and supply chain poisoning through malicious plug-ins within its architecture.

Prompt injection is a prevalent AI-specific vulnerability where Large Language Models (LLMs) misinterpret external data as executable instructions, bypassing intended safeguards. This can lead to sensitive data exfiltration, the execution of rogue tasks, or malicious code execution, impacting various AI agents, coding assistants, and chatbots.

A security flaw in the Cursor AI code editor, a Visual Studio Code fork, allows for silent arbitrary code execution when a maliciously crafted repository is opened. This vulnerability stems from "Workspace Trust" being disabled by default, enabling tasks configured in `.vscode/tasks.json` to auto-execute and posing a significant supply chain risk.

Hackers exploited a vulnerable workflow in the Nx build system to achieve code injection and GITHUB_TOKEN theft, enabling the publication of malicious package versions. These malicious packages deployed a post-install script that exfiltrated thousands of sensitive credentials and notably weaponized AI assistants like Claude and Gemini for reconnaissance and data exfiltration.

LangChain through 0.1.10 allows ../ directory traversal by an actor who is able to control the final part of the path parameter in a load_chain call. This bypasses the intended behavior of loading configurations only from the hwchase17/langchain-hub GitHub repository. The outcome can be disclosure of an API key for a large language model online service, or remote code execution.