Trained to betray: How post-training supply chain attacks hijack coding agents
Researchers demonstrated that poisoned datasets and checkpoints can compromise AI coding agents and trigger remote code execution. No real-world exploitation is reported.
why this severityDemonstrated by researchers with no known real-world exploitation.
- first report
- 12 Nov 2026
- last update
- 12 Nov 2026
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Advisories and databases
- 2026-11-12Trained to betray: How post-training supply chain attacks hijack coding agentsMicrosoft Security · microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/11/12/trained-to-betray-how-post-training
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Classification
- lane
- Research
- AI role
- Attack on AI
- categories
- Supply chainData poisoning
- severity
- 1 · Research / proof of concept
- targets
- Framework / tooling, Open-weight model
- owasp llm top 10
- LLM03:2025 Supply ChainLLM04:2025 Data and Model Poisoning
- mitre atlas
- AML.T0010 AI Supply Chain Compromise
- dates
- happened 12 Nov 2026 · first reported 12 Nov 2026
- origin
- News & research feeds
- record
- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-11-12 17:40Z · updated 2026-11-12 17:40Z
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# Trained to betray: How post-training supply chain attacks hijack coding agents https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/trained-to-betray-how-post-training-supply-chain-attacks-hij · AIR-2026-1933 · live - Lane: Research - Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept): Demonstrated by researchers with no known real-world exploitation. - Fix status: Fix status unknown - First reported: 2026-11-12 - AI role: Attack on AI ## Summary Researchers demonstrated that poisoned datasets and checkpoints can compromise AI coding agents and trigger remote code execution. No real-world exploitation is reported. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2026-11-12: Trained to betray: How post-training supply chain attacks hijack coding agents (https://microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/11/12/trained-to-betray-how-post-training-supply-chain-attacks-hijack-coding-agents) ## Sources - 2026-11-12 Microsoft Security: Trained to betray: How post-training supply chain attacks hijack coding agents https://microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/11/12/trained-to-betray-how-post-training-supply-chain-attacks-hijack-coding-agents Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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