{"slug": "github-copilot-missed-a-vulnerability-that-wizs-ai-agent-found", "title": "GitHub Copilot Missed A Vulnerability That Wiz’s AI Agent Found", "summary": "Wiz, a cloud security company, reported that its AI agent discovered and exploited a GitHub Actions vulnerability to gain access to Snowflake's internal environment, a task that GitHub Copilot had missed. The finding highlights the potential of AI agents in identifying security flaws that traditional AI coding assistants overlook.", "body_md": "# GitHub Copilot Missed A Vulnerability That Wiz’s AI Agent Found\n\nBy Tim Keary, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Wiz revealed that its\n\n[AI agent](/glossary/ai-agent)discovered and exploited a GitHub Actions vulnerability to gain access to Snowflake's internal environment.Get AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-missed-a-vulnerability-that-wizs-ai-agent-found", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/github-copilot-missed-a-vulnerability-that-wizs-ai-agent-fou-lcbi", "published_at": "2026-08-17 21:33:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-17 22:12:58.615683+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-research", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Wiz", "GitHub Copilot", "Snowflake", "GitHub Actions"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-missed-a-vulnerability-that-wizs-ai-agent-found", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-missed-a-vulnerability-that-wizs-ai-agent-found.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-missed-a-vulnerability-that-wizs-ai-agent-found.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-missed-a-vulnerability-that-wizs-ai-agent-found.jsonld"}}