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0day Hunting the Day After xAI Open-Sourced grok-build (Part 1): The cargo check RCE Chain in Grok-Build-CLI

Thinking 2026-07-16 10 min read Research Dossier
#AI Security#Vulnerability Analysis#Developer Security
Over a near-black teal-blue background, a build instruction document disguised as a harmless project readme silently overrides an AI agent's command execution decisions, a command badge stamped read-only unleashes a build script executing arbitrary code with user privileges, system reconnaissance data spills through three parallel conduits from what appears to be a routine compile check — copper-orange accents punctuate the scene, symbolizing the Grok-Build-CLI cargo check RCE attack chain
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