Zero-click RCE vulnerability hit four major AI coding agents, two remain unpatched
2026-09-18T08:51:40Z•61f2ff50248ee26c294f04b84db36eb5e17915dbd85cf7171c59608ca3a7b117
AI coding agentsAWSAndroid securityClaude CodeGemini CLIGitHubGitHub CopilotIoT securityMCPOpenAI CodexWordPress securitycloud resiliencecredential exposurecredential theftdata lossidentity fraudphishingplugin supply chainsupply chain securityzero-click RCE
What happened
Help Net Security reports a zero-click remote code execution vulnerability affecting four major AI coding agents—Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI—through marketplace-installed plugins; two reportedly remain unpatched. The feed also covers exposed hardcoded MCP credentials in public GitHub configuration files, abandoned IoT applications retaining vulnerable dependencies and transmitting sensitive data, phishing targeting OpenAI credentials, identity fraud during hiring, and cloud data loss following physical attacks on AWS facilities. No CVE identifiers are provided in the ing
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- helpnetsecurity
- Record identifier
- 61f2ff50248ee26c294f04b84db36eb5e17915dbd85cf7171c59608ca3a7b117
- Enrichment time
- 2026-09-18T08:51:40Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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