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AI Coding Agent Security: GitSpawn, Plugin Hijacks and What Developers Should Do Now

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AI coding agents now read our repos, run our commands and install our plugins. That is exactly why security researchers have spent the past few weeks poking at them, and why this week's security news is full of agent stories. My last two posts covered PHP2Shell and the record October Patch Tuesday,…

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  1. 2026-10-23 21:46 · DEV Community — AI
    AI Coding Agent Security: GitSpawn, Plugin Hijacks and What Developers Should Do Now

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