AI agent incident

A GitHub issue reached CI secrets behind Claude Code and Gemini CLI

Reported · 1 source

What happened

Researchers showed that an issue filed from an account with no access to the repository could execute code on the continuous integration runners behind Anthropic's and Google's coding-agent repositories, in their shipped default configurations.

Why it matters

The exposure came from vendor defaults rather than customer misconfiguration, which means the teams affected were the ones that changed nothing.

Sources

  1. The Hacker News Claude Code and Gemini CLI Flaws Let a GitHub Issue Reach CI Workflow Secrets

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“A GitHub issue reached CI secrets behind Claude Code and Gemini CLI.” The Permission Layer AI Agent Incident Database, https://thepermissionlayer.com/incidents/claude-code-gemini-cli-ci-secrets/. Database updated October 22, 2026.

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