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AI-Generated GitHub Copilot "Autofix" Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira
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An AI-powered security tool discovered a critical vulnerability in a Snowflake repository that was inadvertently introduced by GitHub Copilot's 'Autofix' feature. The AI replaced secure input sanitization with a flawed script that allowed for command injection.
As part of ongoing security research conducted through Snowflake’s HackerOne vulnerability disclosure program, Wiz Research’s "Red Agent"—an autonomous, AI-powered security research tool—identified a critical GitHub Actions workflow vulnerability in one of Snowflake’s public repositories.
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