2025-08 · 2025-Q3
GitHub Copilot RCE via Prompt Injection
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Target
GitHub Copilot (VS Code)
Impact
Prompt injection in code comments enables "YOLO mode" - disabling all confirmations and executing privileged shell commands
Root Cause
Copilot processes untrusted content from code comments as instructions; no safeguard against config modification