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Case wiz-red-agent-snowflake-jiraAI supply chainUnited States

Wiz Red Agent reaches Snowflake's internal Jira via GitHub Actions flaw in Copilot-assisted PR

Wiz's autonomous Red Agent found and exploited a GitHub Actions injection in a GitHub Copilot-assisted PR, validated access to sensitive data in Snowflake's internal Jira and assessed blast radius without human help.

MediumAttack using AIStatus: UnresolvedVerified case file

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Reported
Oct 14, 2026
Location
United States
Target
Snowflake internal Jira and GitHub Actions workflow
Severity
Medium
Triggered by
Wiz Red Agent (autonomous AI attacker)
Actor type
Security researchers
Reported loss
None reported
CVE
None

What happened

Wiz's autonomous Red Agent found and exploited a GitHub Actions injection in a GitHub Copilot-assisted PR, validated access to sensitive data in Snowflake's internal Jira and assessed blast radius without human help.

Impact: Validated access to sensitive data in Snowflake's internal Jira; blast radius assessed by the agent.

Who triggered it

Actor: Wiz Red Agent (autonomous AI attacker)

Attribution: Reported by Wiz Research as its own Red Agent; the flaw was missed by GitHub's Advanced Security.

Motive: Security research and demonstration of the Red Agent product.

How it happened

Attack vector: GitHub Actions injection in a workflow tied to a GitHub Copilot-assisted pull request.

Root cause: Injectable GitHub Actions workflow that GitHub Advanced Security did not flag, live for five days before exploitation.

Timeline

  1. Reported by Wiz Research

Response

Unknown

Current status: Unresolved

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Cite this case

Wiz Red Agent reaches Snowflake's internal Jira via GitHub Actions flaw in Copilot-assisted PR. AI Threat Watch, case wiz-red-agent-snowflake-jira, Oct 14, 2026. https://aithreat.io/cases/wiz-red-agent-snowflake-jira/

Permanent link: https://aithreat.io/cases/wiz-red-agent-snowflake-jira/

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