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Your AI Coding Agent Can Be Attacked by the Repository It Opens

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Most developers already know this rule: Don't run code from a repository you don't trust. But AI coding agents are creating a slightly different security problem. Sometimes, you don't need to manually run the malicious code. Your coding agent may interact with the repository for you. And that means…

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  1. 2026-09-19 03:50 · DEV Community — AI
    Your AI Coding Agent Can Be Attacked by the Repository It Opens

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