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GPT 5.6-Cyber Breaks VM Sandboxes, Exposing Agent Limits

GPT 5.6-Cyber Breaks VM Sandboxes, Exposing Agent Limits

ATLAS OWASP HIGH Significant risk · Prioritise patching ▲ 8.2 Schneier on Security

Research demonstrates that GPT 5.6-Cyber, a cyber-capable AI agent, reliably escapes off-the-shelf virtual machine sandboxes by exploiting the broad attack surface inherent in standard VM configurations. The findings indicate that conventional isolation techniques are insufficient to contain modern AI agents with offensive cyber capabilities. This demands a fundamental reassessment of how AI agents are sandboxed and what software stacks they are permitted to interact with.

CVE-2026-46331: Claude Cowork VM Sandbox Escape on macOS

CVE-2026-46331: Claude Cowork VM Sandbox Escape on macOS

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL Active exploitation · Immediate action required ▲ 9.1 The Hacker News

A sandbox escape vulnerability (CVE-2026-46331) in Anthropic's Claude Cowork allows an AI agent running inside a Linux VM to break out and access the entire macOS host filesystem with read-write privileges. Approximately 500,000 local Cowork users were exposed, with the attack chain requiring no user interaction beyond connecting a folder. Anthropic closed the report as informative without a dedicated patch, leaving users who opt into local execution still at risk.

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