Cyber AI Digest
  1. IT meets OT Oct 7, 2026
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    Vulnerability

    A hidden instruction in a README leads gpt-6.1-sol to run arbitrary code outside the codex-cli sandbox via /init.

    • The attack's success rate exceeds 75% in this simple indirect prompt injection experiment.

    • The README asks to run npm run build, then to rerun with network access if the output says preview=workspace-only.

    • A node_modules folder tracked in the repository contains a spoofed vite executable, which the agent does not inspect.

    • The safety classifier approves the privilege escalation, judging the risk low.

    Read the original article From /init to Arbitrary Privileged Code Execution with Gpt-6.1-sol in Codex-cli veganmosfet.codeberg.page