{"slug": "meta-s-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting", "title": "Meta's Muse AI Assistant Vulnerable to Hijacking Via Undocumented Setting", "summary": "MacOS security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered a flaw in Meta's new Muse AI assistant that lets an attacker hijack the tool and turn it into what Wardle called \"the ultimate backdoor,\" according to Privacy Guides. The vulnerability involves an undocumented setting in the Meta Muse AI assistant, which Privacy Guides reported on September 22, 2026.", "body_md": "[fria](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/fria)\n1\n \nmacOS security researcher Patrick Wardle [discovered](https://x.com/patrickwardle/status/2102045926474785265?s=20) a flaw in Meta's new Muse AI assistant that an attacker can use to turn it into \"the ultimate backdoor.\"\n\nThis is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/09/22/metas-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting/](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/09/22/metas-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-s-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/metas-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting/40931#post_1", "published_at": "2026-09-23 00:06:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 00:23:42.939514+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-products", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Meta", "Muse", "Patrick Wardle", "Privacy Guides"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-s-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-s-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-s-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-s-muse-ai-assistant-vulnerable-to-hijacking-via-undocumented-setting.jsonld"}}