intelligence_src_c25d91fa3ad9ae9ac7
- Source-provided label
- Publisher RSS metadata
- Evidence class
- mentioned in report
- Confidence
- Not reported
- Observed
- Aug 12, 2025 21:20 UTC
- Retrieved
- Oct 14, 2026 02:57 UTC
GitHub Copilot: Remote Code Execution via Prompt Injection (CVE-2025-53773)
This post is about an important, but also scary, prompt injection discovery that leads to full system compromise of the developer’s machine in GitHub Copilot and VS Code. It is achieved by placing Copilot into YOLO mode by modifying the project’s settings.json file. As described a few days ago with Amp, a vulnerability pattern in agents that might be overlooked is that if an agent can write to files and modify its own configuration or update security-relevant settings it can lead to remote code execution. This is not uncommon and is an area to always look for when performing a security review.
Reference details
- Source category
- research-report
- First reported
- Aug 12, 2025 21:20 UTC
- Last reported
- Aug 12, 2025 21:20 UTC
- Catalog updated
- Oct 14, 2026 02:57 UTC
- Record ID
4632dc4e6184bc109fd482bc5eb8ecfc33aa00a7d958a694f136328f1540915a
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