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GitHub Copilot Chat Vulnerable to Data Exfiltration

GitHub Copilot Chat VS Code Extension was vulnerable to data exfiltration via prompt injection when analyzing untrusted source code. The vulnerability allowed attackers to access previous conversation turns and append information from the chat history to an image URL, which was then automatically retrieved by Copilot, sending the data to the attacker.

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
GitHub Copilot Chat Vulnerable to Data Exfiltration
First reported
Jun 14, 2024 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Jun 14, 2024 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
Record ID
1606b6619f0813485c11b8e51228b64aa603395b468b2016f76a34882f22ba80

Published indicators

Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.

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Source observations

src_d11443da85ea659d49

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Jun 14, 2024 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC

This record contains metadata and attribution only. It does not host, download, unpack, render, or execute malware samples.

Feed collection status

Sources represented on this page. Publication and observation dates describe the content; successful batch dates describe local collection. A recent batch does not certify complete coverage or current provider availability.

1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

Review source update dates and status
  • src_d11443da85ea659d49Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

Stale means older than twice the recorded collection interval, with a minimum of one hour; without an interval, the threshold is 24 hours. Cached content remains available while a feed is stale, paused, or unverified.