Google Deletes 3 ADK AI Workflows After Malicious GitHub Issue Could Trigger Privileged Agent | SpinGraph: Safety framing
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Google Deletes 3 ADK AI Workflows After Malicious GitHub Issue Could Trigger Privileged Agent
prompt injection, ADK, agent security, GitHub vulnerability
Google deleted three ADK workflows following a security finding by Pillar Security A public GitHub issue could be exploited to prompt-inject and trigger a privileged agent via /adk-issue-fix The vulnerability relied on the adk-bot’s collaborator status enabling unauthorized command execution
Emphasizes Google’s reactive safeguarding while minimizing discussion of architectural risk (e.g., overprivileged agents, insufficient input sanitization, lack of sandboxing), root-cause accountability, or prior internal review processes.
Responsible stewardship: Google as responsive defender, not architect of vulnerable agent patterns.
Google deleted three AI agent workflows after a security researcher found a prompt injection flaw that could trigger privileged code-fixing behavior.
No mention of whether the workflows were production-used or experimental; No disclosure of timeline between vulnerability discovery and deletion; No statement from Google on whether similar patterns exist elsewhere in ADK
The story redirects attention toward process, intent, scale, mission, or future benefits instead of unresolved concerns. Watch for loaded terms such as trigger, privileged, manipulate, proactive. The distribution reads as editorial reporting. A pressure point: No mention of whether the workflows were production-used or experimental.
Google deleted three AI agent workflows from its Agent Development Kit (ADK) Python repository after Pillar Security demonstrated a prompt injection vulnerability allowing unauthorized triggering of a privileged code-fixing agent.
Google deleted three AI agent workflows from its Agent Development Kit (ADK) Python repository. Pillar Security showed that a public GitHub issue could manipulate a triage agent into triggering a privileged code-fixing agent.
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From Google's public ADK Python repository