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Achin Bansal

Posted on • Originally published at gridthegrey.com

ChatGPT's code runtime silently exfiltrates user data via malicious prompt

Forensic Summary

Check Point Research disclosed a critical vulnerability in ChatGPT's code execution runtime that allows a single malicious prompt to establish a covert outbound exfiltration channel, bypassing OpenAI's stated network isolation safeguards. Sensitive user data — including uploaded files, conversation content, and personal documents — could be silently transmitted to attacker-controlled servers without user knowledge or consent. The same channel was also found capable of enabling remote shell access within the Linux execution environment.


Read the full technical deep-dive on Grid the Grey: https://gridthegrey.com/posts/chatgpt-data-leakage-via-a-hidden-outbound-channel-in-the-code-execution-runtime/

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