Wiz’s AI Agent Finds A Vulnerability In Snowflake’s Internal Systems
# Wiz’s AI Agent Finds A Vulnerability In Snowflake’s Internal Systems ## Summary Cloud security provider Wiz's AI, Red Agent, autonomously discovered and exploited a GitHub Actions vulnerability in Snowflake's public repository. Wiz's AI agent discovers a vulnerability in Snowflake's internal systems. Today, cloud security provider Wiz published a research [blog](https://www.wiz.io/blog/red-agent-snowflake-copilot-cicd-bug) claiming that Wiz Red Agent had autonomously discovered and exploited a GitHub Actions vulnerability in one of Snowflake’s public repositories. During the incident, the Wiz Red Agent used a script injection vulnerability in snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-net, which would allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary commands within a GitHub actions runner by opening a GitHub issue with a specially crafted title. ## The Dangers Of AI-Assisted Development Most notably, in July, OpenAI released a [blog post](https://www.forbes.com/sites/timkeary/2026/07/23/openais-hugging-face-breach-shows-frontier-ai-guardrails-are-failing/) claiming that GPT-5.6 Sol and a prerelease model had breached Hugging Face’s internal systems. The same month, Anthropic released its own [post](https://www.anthropic.com/news/investigating-incidents-cybersecurity-evals) saying Claude had breached three organizations. ### [Apple iPhone 18 Pro Release Date: Discounted Day Re-Enters The September Schedule](http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2026/08/17/apple-iphone-18-pro-release-date-discounted-day-re-enters-the-september-schedule/) At the same time, Wiz demonstrates how defensive practices are evolving, with Red Agent becoming [generally available](https://www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-red-agent-is-ga) in July, now supporting 40% of its customers and scanning millions of assets every month. The Prompt: Get the week’s biggest AI news on the buzziest companies and boldest breakthroughs, in your inbox. Gal Nagli, head of Offensive Security at Wiz, told me in a video interv