AI Agents for Code Review Can Be Tricked via README

Colleagues, I would like to highlight a cybersecurity risk: AI agents used for code review can be deceived into running a malicious binary.

Researchers showed that it is enough to hide a trap in a standard README.md and present the project as a security test.

In autonomous mode, such agents may:
- read the documentation;
- decide that executing the script is safe;
- run it on the host without further confirmation.

What is especially concerning is that the attack worked across several models and needs no sophisticated obfuscation — only trust in external text.

Why it matters: if an agent has access to commands, keys, and the environment, it can become an entry point rather than a defender.

How do you currently constrain AI agents when analyzing third-party code?

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