It's not just OpenAI models escaping and running riot — experts show how Claude Cowork can break its bonds and access Mac files
Pro Security It's not just OpenAI models escaping and running riot — experts show how Claude Cowork can break its bonds and access Mac files News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 26 July 2026 Anthropic partially mitigated the issue When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. To break out of the sandbox, the agent exploited CVE-2026-46331 ("pedit COW"), a Linux kernel privilege-escalation vulnerability. This flaw, fixed in mid-June this year, was given a severity score of 7.8/10 (high).Accomplish AI disclosed these findings with Anthropic, which allegedly acknowledged them but did not issue a direct fix.
- ▪Pro Security It's not just OpenAI models escaping and running riot — experts show how Claude Cowork can break its bonds and access Mac files News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 26 July 2026 Anthropic partially mitigated the issue When you pur
- ▪To break out of the sandbox, the agent exploited CVE-2026-46331 ("pedit COW"), a Linux kernel privilege-escalation vulnerability.
- ▪This flaw, fixed in mid-June this year, was given a severity score of 7.8/10 (high).Accomplish AI disclosed these findings with Anthropic, which allegedly acknowledged them but did not issue a direct fix.
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Pro Security It's not just OpenAI models escaping and running riot — experts show how Claude Cowork can break its bonds and access Mac files News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 26 July 2026 Anthropic partially mitigated the issue When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Shutterstock/ gguy) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Accomplish AI showed Claude Cowork could escape a VM sandbox via Linux zero‑day CVE‑2026‑46331Agent accessed host Mac files, risking exfiltration of SSH keys, cloud credentials, and moreAnthropic shifted Cowork to default cloud…
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