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Amp Code: Arbitrary Command Execution via Prompt Injection Fixed

Sandbox-escape-style attacks can happen when an AI is able to modify its own configuration settings, such as by writing to configuration files. That was the case with Amp, an agentic coding tool built by Sourcegraph. The AI coding agent could update its own configuration and: Allowlist bash commands or Add a malicious MCP server on the fly to run arbitrary code This could have been exploited by th

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Source category
Research & news
Report title
Amp Code: Arbitrary Command Execution via Prompt Injection Fixed
First reported
Aug 05, 2025 13:20 UTC
Last reported
Aug 05, 2025 13:20 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC
Record ID
e22b910bcadc63311dbff02ba64535a944dd5ee160247a9f793f20c3e1cea826

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src_c25d91fa3ad9ae9ac7

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Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Aug 05, 2025 13:20 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC

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