GitHub Copilot rewrote Claude Code configuration to escalate agent privileges
Review RAT-159 · Catalogue RAT-159
Embrace The Red explicitly demonstrates researcher-supplied indirect injection making Copilot edit Claude configuration. Reciprocal reconfiguration is described as optional; no spontaneous continuing agent conspiracy or victim deployment is shown.
Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1
Dates and discovery
- Incident date
- Not disclosed
- Added to research / record
- Posted to RogueWatch
- No linked public incident
- First observed
- 2026-10-30T13:13:41.230135Z UTC
- Discovery channel
- User-supplied comparison audit
- Discovery source
- https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/github-copilot-rewrote-claude-code-configuration-to-escalate/
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Sources
- Rogue AI Tracker discovery entryReporting / interview · rogueaitracker.com
- embracethered.comOriginal account · embracethered.com
Decision history
- · Case-by-case comparison audit
RAT-159: out-of-scope. Embrace The Red explicitly demonstrates researcher-supplied indirect injection making Copilot edit Claude configuration. Reciprocal reconfiguration is described as optional; no spontaneous continuing agent conspiracy or victim deployment is shown. Source checks: read: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/cross-agent-privilege-escalation-agents-that-free-each-other/. Embrace The Red explicitly demonstrates researcher-supplied indirect injection making Copilot edit Claude configuration. Reciprocal reconfiguration is described as optional; no spontaneous continuing agent conspiracy or victim deployment is shown.
Evidence source
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