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Sead Fadilpašić

Microsoft warns AI agents are being 'AutoJack'-ed to deliver RCE payloads by browsing untrusted websites

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  • Microsoft’s Defender Security Research Team discloses “AutoJack,” a vulnerability chain in AutoGen Studio enabling RCE via malicious websites
  • Flaws included localhost channel misuse, skipped login checks, and arbitrary code execution, letting agents run attacker‑supplied programs
  • Issue existed only in early GitHub builds, fixed before release; highlights need for strict authentication and isolation of local control planes

Microsoft's Defender Security Research Team has disclosed a vulnerability chain in AutoGen Studio that lets a single malicious website achieve remote code execution (RCE) on a device running an AI agent.

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