src_c25d91fa3ad9ae9ac7
- Source-provided label
- Not reported
- Evidence class
- mentioned in report
- Confidence
- Not reported
- Observed
- Aug 22, 2025 22:21 UTC
- Retrieved
- Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC
Windsurf: Memory-Persistent Data Exfiltration (SpAIware Exploit)
In this second post about Windsurf Cascade we are exploring the SpAIware attack, which allows memory persistent data exfiltration. SpAIware is an attack we first successfully demonstrated with ChatGPT last year and OpenAI mitigated. While inspecting the system prompt of Windsurf Cascade I noticed that it has a create_memory tool. Creating Memories The question that immediately popped into my head
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- Source category
- Research & news
- Report title
Windsurf: Memory-Persistent Data Exfiltration (SpAIware Exploit)- First reported
- Aug 22, 2025 22:21 UTC
- Last reported
- Aug 22, 2025 22:21 UTC
- Catalog updated
- Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC
- Record ID
91a5bcf2904aa07655488f70dd86c4113853d5b43d2190802c2e8afcd351921d
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