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DeepSeek Harness Flaw Let AI Agents Disable Their Own File Sandbox Without Approval
A flaw in DeepSeek Harness, DeepSeek's open-source tool for running AI coding agents on a developer's machine, let a sandboxed agent turn off its own sandbox with a single command.
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A vulnerability in DeepSeek Harness, the open‑source utility that runs AI coding agents within an OS sandbox on a developer’s machine, allowed a sandboxed agent to disable its own sandbox using a single command. The tool’s design isolates agents to prevent them from writing to files outside their workspace, but the flaw bypassed that protection.
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