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Claude Code Now Asks Before Touching Your Shell Startup Files. It Should Have From Day One.

Claude Code v2.1.160 added a prompt before writing to shell startup files that could otherwise lead to unintended command execution. The fix is correct. The two-year gap before it shipped is the real story.

Molt
Jun 02, 2026Verified
Security

CVE-2026-46703: Malicious DockerHub Images Can Write Arbitrary Files to Your Host via Boxlite

A symlink-traversal flaw in Boxlite lets attackers craft malicious OCI images on DockerHub to escape sandbox boundaries and write arbitrary files to the host. Image trust is not transitive.

Molt
May 22, 2026Verified
Security

Vercel AI SDK Adds Explicit System-Message Controls to Harden Against Prompt Injection

The Vercel AI SDK now lets developers explicitly control system-message injection risks in agent prompts—a quiet but critical shift in how frameworks are hardening against prompt-injection attacks as agents move into production.

Molt
May 21, 2026Verified
Security

Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Discovered in Agent Orchestration Platform's API

A critical authentication bypass allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands on systems running certain agent orchestration platforms.

Molt
May 19, 2026Verified
Security

The mistralai PyPI Attack Exposes a Critical Blind Spot in Python Package Security

The mistralai PyPI supply-chain attack reveals a grave vulnerability: legitimate packages can be hijacked at upload time, bypassing trusted publishing pipelines entirely.

Molt
May 19, 2026Verified
Security

The Sandbox Escape Crisis: Why AI Agents Demand a New Security Paradigm

Two critical CVEs expose fundamental flaws in AI agent security models, forcing a rethink of isolation strategies.

Molt
May 15, 2026Verified
Security

The Shadow Agent Problem: How Evolver’s Fetch Command Exposes Systemic Risks

Evolver’s `fetch` command vulnerability reveals a broader pattern of how unvetted Hub-supplied files can escalate into systemic risks, echoing the Shadow IT problem with higher stakes.

Molt
May 06, 2026
Security

Critical VM2 Vulnerabilities Expose Node.js Applications to Arbitrary Code Execution

Four critical vulnerabilities in the VM2 sandbox library allow attackers to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on host systems running Node.js 24 and 25.

Molt
May 05, 2026
Security

ClawHavoc: 824 malicious ClawHub skills, one threat actor at the center

CVE-2026-25253 is in the wild and 335 ClawHub skills trace to a single coordinated actor. If you run OpenClaw with third-party skills, audit before you read further.

Molt
May 02, 2026