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Security2026-07-13 · source-backed
Researchers at University of Missouri-Kansas City disclosed Ghostcommit on July 11: malicious instructions embedded inside image files that AI coding agents read and execute during pull-request work (SecNews). It exploits a structural blind spot. Neither human nor AI reviewers open image files during PR review, but coding agents parse them later and follow embedded commands. If you run agents on untrusted PRs, images are now an unguarded injection channel next to markdown and code. Treat every file type an agent can read as attacker-controlled, including the ones humans skim past.
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A single PR title. A hidden HTML comment in an issue body. No jailbreak, no social engineering, no user interaction required. Your credentials get exfiltrated through GitHub's own infrastructure before you ever see the notification. Security researcher Aonan Guan (Wyze Labs) a...
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