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Cursor AI Prompt Injection Chains to Shell Access

Cursor AI Prompt Injection Chains to Shell Access

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL Active exploitation · Immediate action required ▲ 8.5 SecurityWeek

A chained vulnerability in Cursor AI—a widely-used AI-powered code editor—allowed attackers to combine indirect prompt injection with a sandbox escape and the application's built-in remote tunnel feature to achieve arbitrary shell access on developer machines. The attack chain is particularly significant because it weaponises Cursor's own legitimate remote-access infrastructure, meaning malicious commands could blend into normal developer workflows. Developers using Cursor's AI features against untrusted code or repositories are at elevated risk of full host compromise.

Comment Injection Attacks Hit Claude Code, Gemini, Copilot

Comment Injection Attacks Hit Claude Code, Gemini, Copilot

ATLAS OWASP HIGH Significant risk · Prioritise patching ▲ 8.2 SecurityWeek

A researcher has disclosed a novel prompt injection attack technique dubbed 'Comment and Control,' demonstrating that popular AI coding agents — including Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and GitHub Copilot Agents — can be manipulated through malicious instructions embedded in source code comments. The attack exploits the tendency of agentic coding tools to process and act upon contextual content within files they are tasked to read or modify. This represents a meaningful escalation in the risk surface of AI-assisted software development workflows.

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Prompt Injection Flaws in Salesforce and Microsoft AI

ATLAS OWASP HIGH Significant risk · Prioritise patching ▲ 8.2 Dark Reading

Prompt injection vulnerabilities in Salesforce Agentforce and Microsoft Copilot were patched after researchers demonstrated that external attackers could exploit them to exfiltrate sensitive user data. The flaws highlight systemic risks in enterprise AI agent deployments, where insufficient input sanitisation allows malicious content to hijack agent behaviour. Both vendors have issued patches, but the incidents underscore the growing attack surface introduced by agentic AI systems operating with elevated privileges.

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