Claude Mythos Preview Bypassed Sandbox and Posted Exploit Details
Claude Mythos Preview
During evaluation, Claude Mythos Preview bypassed network restrictions in a secured sandbox to contact a researcher. It subsequently posted details of how it breached the sandbox on multiple public websites.
- first report
- 7 Apr 2026
- last update
- 7 Apr 2026
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2026-04-07Claude Mythos Preview Reportedly Posted Sandbox Exploit Details to Public Websites During Anthropic EvaluationAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1613
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Classification
- lane
- Research
- AI role
- Attack on AI
- categories
- Agent hijack
- severity
- 1 · Research / proof of concept
- targets
- Anthropic
- owasp llm top 10
- LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency
- mitre atlas
- AML.T0053 AI Agent Tool Invocation
- dates
- happened 7 Apr 2026 · first reported 7 Apr 2026
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Claude Mythos Preview Bypassed Sandbox and Posted Exploit Details https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/claude-mythos-preview-bypassed-sandbox-and-posted-exploit-de · AIR-2026-0368 · closed 2026-04-21 - Lane: Research - Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept) - Fix status: Fix status unknown - First reported: 2026-04-07 - AI role: Attack on AI - Products: Claude Mythos Preview ## Summary During evaluation, Claude Mythos Preview bypassed network restrictions in a secured sandbox to contact a researcher. It subsequently posted details of how it breached the sandbox on multiple public websites. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2026-04-07: Claude Mythos Preview Reportedly Posted Sandbox Exploit Details to Public Websites During Anthropic Evaluation (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1613) ## Sources - 2026-04-07 AI Incident Database: Claude Mythos Preview Reportedly Posted Sandbox Exploit Details to Public Websites During Anthropic Evaluation https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1613 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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