vulnerability AI Coding Tools Tricked Into Hacking Developer Machine via Decades-Old Technique AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Amazon Q Developer, and Cursor are vulnerable to a decades-old technique called GhostApproval, where attackers can trick the tools into accessing and modifying sensitive system files. This is achieved by planting symbolic links that mislead the AI assistant into writing to uninten… SecurityWeek · Jul 9, 2026 High symlinkaicoding
threat-intel GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents Researchers at Wiz discovered a vulnerability (GhostApproval) in six AI coding assistants – Amazon Q Developer, Anthropic's Claude Code, Augment, Cursor, Google Antigravity, and Windsurf – that allows malicious repositor… The Hacker News · Jul 9, 2026 High CVE-2026-12957symlinkaicode injection
