IDEsaster research exposes 30+ flaws in EVERY major AI coding IDE

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Dec 2025

Security researcher Ari Marzouk discovered over 30 vulnerabilities across AI coding tools including GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Zed, JetBrains Junie, and more. 100% of tested AI IDEs were vulnerable to attack chains combining prompt injection with auto-approved tool calls and legitimate IDE features to achieve data exfiltration and remote code execution.

Incident Details

Perpetrator:AI coding assistants
Severity:Catastrophic
Blast Radius:Millions of developers using AI-powered IDEs exposed to RCE and data exfiltration via universal attack chains