GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos
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Researchers tricked GitHub's AI agent into leaking private repository contents via prompt injection.
Noma Security researchers disclosed a vulnerability in GitHub's AI agent, which could be tricked into leaking private repository data via prompt injection. The attack exploited the agent's access to both public comments and private repos, allowing exfiltration with special phrasing. The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed to GitHub, though the article does not confirm a fix. The post promotes a webinar on agentic identity and access control.
What commenters are saying
Commenters largely blame the misconfiguration, arguing the core issue is giving LLMs access to both untrusted input and sensitive data. Many note this is an inherent, unfixable problem, not a traditional bug. Some criticize Microsoft's rushed AI integration. A few suggest self-hosted alternatives like Forgejo. Skepticism about LLM guardrails is widespread, with one commenter calling them "part of the input."