Re:Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files
by Terr_ on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:01PM
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It also has no effect on whole classes of vulnerabilities which don't rely on unusual writes, where the system (SQL or LLM) is expected to execute some logic and yield a result, and the attacker forces a different logic path.
Using the SQL analogy, suppose this is intended:
SELECT hash('letmein') == secretfiles.hashed_access_code FROM secretfiles WHERE secretfiles.id = '123';
Versus the attacker corrupting it into:
SELECT hash('') == hash('') -- ') == secretfiles.hashed_access_code FROM secretfiles WHERE secretfiles.id = '123';
Using the SQL analogy, suppose this is intended:
Versus the attacker corrupting it into: