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Claude Cowork Sandbox Escape Lets AI Agent Read/Write Mac Files

2026-07-24 12:43 UTC · The Hacker News · read the source ↗ #sandbox-escape#ai-agent-security#macos
  • Engineer — Plan: A VM sandbox escape in Claude Cowork exposes the host Mac filesystem to the AI agent process; no KEV or public PoC yet, but the impact is high for any developer running this on a work machine. Check your Claude Cowork version and apply any available update; restrict the tool to non-sensitive environments until patched.
  • SOC/IR — Learn: No active exploitation or IOCs reported, but this is a useful technique study: AI agent processes breaking out of containerized environments into host filesystems is an emerging attack class worth factoring into future detection logic for AI tooling on endpoints.
  • Leader — Plan: With ~500,000 macOS users potentially affected, confirm whether Claude Cowork is in use on corporate machines and verify patch status with the vendor; this also warrants a policy checkpoint on which AI agent tools are approved for use on managed endpoints.
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