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Two developers say Meta’s Muse AI agent can be coaxed into sharing its entire filesystem, including Ubuntu system files, app templates and internal documentation, according to The Verge.

Why it matters

Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders reportedly reproduced the behaviour independently. Saunders said it was “extremely easy” to replicate and that Muse showed almost no resistance to prompt injection. Meta denies that the incident amounts to a security breach. The immediate concern is not that an AI agent has a filesystem, but that its boundaries may be too easy to negotiate. Muse runs each user in a persistent Linux virtual machine, so the practical question is what isolation protects outside the sandbox and whether sensitive files can be reached or exported. The Verge’s account establishes a serious reported security issue, not proof of wider compromise. Users should avoid giving Muse sensitive data until Meta explains the behaviour, its scope and its fix. Should an AI agent be considered unsafe if it can expose its own sandbox, even when the host system remains protected?

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