The original title is: "GitHub Agentic Workflows Vulnerable to GitLost Data Leak Exploit"

Short summary

GitHub's Agentic Workflows can be exploited via indirect prompt injection: attackers embed malicious instructions in public issues that agents misinterpret as directives, potentially exfiltrating private repos through cross-repo tokens. Mitigation requires strict token scoping per repository, treating issue bodies as untrusted data, separating read/write permissions, and comprehensive audit logging.

• •GitLost is an indirect prompt injection attack where adversaries post instructions in public issues that agents execute
• •The vulnerability chains untrusted input consumption with broad token permissions and public comment posting
• •Fixes: narrow token scope, isolate issue bodies from instructions, separate read/write workflows, log all agent actions

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