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One Markdown File Can Hijack Your AI Coding Agent: The Hidden Cost of Blindly Trusting AGENTS.md
Community description: How a single AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md file in your Downloads folder or a pull request can silently hijack your AI coding agent, steal OAuth tokens, and execute shell commands—plus how to lock down your local workflow.
Dev.to | Nov 5, 2026 | 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻
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In late October 2026, security researchers at Forever Security and the Aviatrix Threat Research Center documented the first in-the-wild AI coding agent hijacks triggered entirely by local AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md files. Never launch an AI coding agent in ~, ~/Downloads, ~/Desktop, or /tmp. BleepingComputer: AI Coding Agents Hijacked Using AGENTS.md File in Downloads Folder (Oct 2026) If you found this article helpful, let's connect!
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