GhostApproval: A Trust Boundary Gap in AI Coding Assistants
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Summary
Wiz Research found GhostApproval, a trust-boundary gap in six AI coding assistants (Amazon Q, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf): symlinks plus deceptive prompts let malicious repos bypass human approval.
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--- id: 6798 title: "GhostApproval: A Trust Boundary Gap in AI Coding Assistants" source_domain: wiz.io source_url: "https://www.wiz.io/blog/ghostapproval-a-trust-boundary-gap-in-ai-coding-assistants" published_at: "2026-07-08T14:00:00Z" tags: ["ai-security", "vulnerability-research", "human-in-the-loop", "ai-coding-assistants", "symlink", "cwe-61", "trust-boundary"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6798" lang: en --- # GhostApproval: A Trust Boundary Gap in AI Coding Assistants ## Summary Wiz Research found GhostApproval, a trust-boundary gap in six AI coding assistants (Amazon Q, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf): symlinks plus deceptive prompts let malicious repos bypass human approval. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** wiz.io - **Published:** 2026-07-08T14:00:00Z - **Original:** https://www.wiz.io/blog/ghostapproval-a-trust-boundary-gap-in-ai-coding-assistants - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6798