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Snowflake flaw slips past AI checks, gets exploited by another AI

An autonomous AI security agent developed by cloud security firm Wiz identified and exploited a critical vulnerability in Snowflake’s GitHub Actions pipeline, while GitHub Copilot had previously reviewed the code change without flagging…

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Wiz’s autonomous AI security agent, Red Agent, discovered and exploited a critical vulnerability in Snowflake’s GitHub Actions pipeline, ultimately obtaining the company’s internal Jira credentials. The vulnerable code had been part of a pull request that GitHub Copilot reviewed and marked as safe, though Wiz clarified it is uncertain whether Copilot introduced the flaw. The incident highlighted a gap where an AI‑assisted coding tool failed to flag a serious security issue that another AI later leveraged. Wiz faced criticism for initially implying Copilot’s involvement, prompting the firm to update its statements with additional clarification.

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