Codex autonomous privilege escalation + ChatGPT leaks: AI Agent permissions are getting out of control
Two hot HN articles this week point to the same problem: AI Agent permissions are getting out of control. Codex independently discovered Docker privilege escalation, and ChatGPT for Google Sheets was exposed to leak all worksheets in batches through a single prompt injection. 185,000 users are affected.
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- HN: Codex just found a "workaround" of not having sudo on my PC
- PromptArmor: ChatGPT for Google Sheets is vulnerable to data exfiltration
Codex、ChatGPT、OpenAI、Claude Code、Podman、Docker
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