Google Deletes 3 ADK AI Workflows After Malicious GitHub Issue Could Trigger Privileged Agent | SpinGraph: Safety framing
description: SpinGraph analysis of The Hacker News's Google Deletes 3 ADK AI Workflows After Malicious GitHub Issue Could Trigger Privileged Agent story: safety framing, Th…
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keywords: prompt injection
keywords: ADK
keywords: agent security
keywords: The Shield
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-08-04T11:16:23+00:00
modified: 2026-08-04T19:26:02.853547+00:00

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Google Deletes 3 ADK AI Workflows After Malicious GitHub Issue Could Trigger Privileged Agent
type: NewsArticle
alternative headline: Google Deletes 3 ADK AI Workflows After Malicious GitHub Issue Could Trigger Privileged Agent | SpinGraph: Safety framing
description: SpinGraph analysis of The Hacker News's Google Deletes 3 ADK AI Workflows After Malicious GitHub Issue Could Trigger Privileged Agent story: safety framing, Th…
date published: 2026-08-04T11:16:23+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-04T19:26:02.853547+00:00
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language: en-US
article section: cybersecurity
keywords: prompt injection, ADK, agent security, GitHub vulnerability
author: The Hacker News
publisher: Stuff That Spins
citation: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/google-deletes-3-adk-ai-workflows-after.html
about: prompt injection
about: ADK
about: agent security
about: GitHub vulnerability
about: Pillar Security
mentions: The Hacker News
mentions: Pillar Security
abstract: 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

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Spin Analysis: safety framing
type: AnalysisNewsArticle
description: 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.
about: safety framing
  type: DefinedTerm
  description: Responsible stewardship: Google as responsive defender, not architect of vulnerable agent patterns.
  term code: The Shield
additional property: Spin Score
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 45
  unit text: percent
additional property: Narrative Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: moderate
additional property: AI Repetition Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: moderate
additional property: Likely AI Summary
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Google deleted three AI agent workflows after a security researcher found a prompt injection flaw that could trigger privileged code-fixing behavior.
additional property: Narrative Frame
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Responsible stewardship: Google as responsive defender, not architect of vulnerable agent patterns.
additional property: Missing Context
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 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
additional property: How the Spin Works
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 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.
author: Stuff That Spins
is part of: Google Deletes 3 ADK AI Workflows After Malicious GitHub Issue Could Trigger Privileged Agent

Extracted Claims
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  item: Claim
    text: 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.
    appearance: 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.
    author: The Hacker News

Key Statistics
type: Dataset
description: Extracted statistics from the source narrative
variable measured: workflows deleted
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 3
  description: From Google's public ADK Python repository