Threat Actor Used LLM Agent to Exfiltrate Database via marimo Notebook
marimo
An attacker used an LLM agent following the compromise of a Python notebook to harvest credentials and exfiltrate a PostgreSQL database. Sysdig attributed the command stream to real-time agent execution.
- first report
- 10 May 2026
- last update
- 10 May 2026
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2026-05-10Threat Actor Reportedly Used LLM Agent to Exfiltrate Internal Database After Compromising marimo Python NotebookAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1670
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- AI-assisted intrusionAgent hijack
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Framework / tooling, Enterprise deployment
- owasp llm top 10
- LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency
- mitre atlas
- AML.T0053 AI Agent Tool Invocation
- dates
- happened 10 May 2026 · first reported 10 May 2026
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Threat Actor Used LLM Agent to Exfiltrate Database via marimo Notebook https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/threat-actor-used-llm-agent-to-exfiltrate-database-via-marim · AIR-2026-0395 · closed 2026-05-24 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2026-05-10 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: marimo ## Summary An attacker used an LLM agent following the compromise of a Python notebook to harvest credentials and exfiltrate a PostgreSQL database. Sysdig attributed the command stream to real-time agent execution. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2026-05-10: Threat Actor Reportedly Used LLM Agent to Exfiltrate Internal Database After Compromising marimo Python Notebook (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1670) ## Sources - 2026-05-10 AI Incident Database: Threat Actor Reportedly Used LLM Agent to Exfiltrate Internal Database After Compromising marimo Python Notebook https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1670 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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