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One Markdown File Can Hijack Your AI Coding Agent: The Hidden Cost of Blindly Trusting AGENTS.md

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If you run AI coding agents like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or Cursor CLI on your local machine, a single plain-text Markdown file is enough to compromise your environment. No memory corruption bug, zero-day exploit, or CVE is required. In late October 2026, security researchers at Forever Security…

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