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title: "Friendly Fire: AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It"
date: 2026-07-08
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description: "AI Now’s Friendly Fire PoC shows Claude Code and Codex running README-planted payloads on hosts when autonomous command approval is enabled."
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# Friendly Fire: AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It

AI Now’s Friendly Fire PoC shows Claude Code and Codex running README-planted payloads on hosts when autonomous command approval is enabled.

*Published: 2026-07-08*