Setup Complete, Now You Are Compromised: Weaponizing Setup Instructions Against AI Coding Agents
4.20T1 sourcearXiv cs.HC
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Published by arXiv cs.HC (T1 source). The original is at https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.15143.
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SummaryResearch paper showing that AI coding agents can be exploited through ordinary setup documentation such as READMEs, requirements files, and Makefiles. Across 12 scenarios in 5 attack classes, registries are redirected, vulnerable versions installed, and typosquats accepted; security depends on the model-harness pairing. A deterministic pre-install name, source, and version check closes most of the gap.
Why it mattersNames a concrete attack surface in agent-driven project setup and points to a specific defensive pattern, useful to anyone wiring coding agents into real repositories.
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