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Zombie instructions on carefully constructed web pages could trick GitHub Copilot CLI into sharing secrets

Zombie instructions on carefully constructed web pages could trick GitHub Copilot CLI into sharing secrets
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GitHub Copilot CLI may reveal developer secrets if it comes across instructions that tell it to do so, depending on the underlying model. The coding agent tool was flagged earlier this year for being susceptible to indirect prompt injection. That's when a model ingests text from a source other than the user that directs it to take some action outside the scope of its intended function.

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