src_c25d91fa3ad9ae9ac7
- Source-provided label
- Not reported
- Evidence class
- mentioned in report
- Confidence
- Not reported
- Observed
- Aug 23, 2025 23:20 UTC
- Retrieved
- Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC
Sneaking Invisible Instructions by Developers in Windsurf
Imagine a malicious instruction hidden in plain sight, invisible to you but not to the AI. This is a vulnerability discovered in Windsurf Cascade, it follows invisible instructions. This means there can be instructions in a file or result of a tool call that the developer cannot see, but the LLM does. Some LLMs interpret invisible Unicode Tag characters as instructions, which can lead to hidden pr
Reference details
- Source category
- Research & news
- Report title
Sneaking Invisible Instructions by Developers in Windsurf- First reported
- Aug 23, 2025 23:20 UTC
- Last reported
- Aug 23, 2025 23:20 UTC
- Catalog updated
- Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC
- Record ID
305be4213600aba7423a3c447dc4f0a6baf12ff76c31a53a0bd0f35d6ea6e9a0
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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.
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- src_c25d91fa3ad9ae9ac7Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified
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