Red Agent Exploits Snowflake Vuln Missed by GitHub Copilot
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Wiz Research's Red Agent, an autonomous AI security tool, discovered a critical script injection vulnerability in Snowflake's GitHub Actions workflow that GitHub Copilot had missed when reviewing the code. The vulnerability was live for 5 days (June 18–23, 2026) and allowed unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary commands and exfiltrate Jira credentials. Snowflake patched the vulnerability the same day and confirmed no unauthorized access occurred, highlighting that AI-assisted code review and automated security scanning can both fail to catch critical flaws.
Why it matters
A red agent exploited a Snowflake vulnerability that GitHub Copilot missed, highlighting potential security gaps in AI-assisted code generation.
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