Setup Complete, Now You Are Compromised: Weaponizing Setup Instructions Against AI Coding Agents
AI coding agents set up projects by reading documentation and installing the dependencies it lists, without verifying their names, sources, or known vulnerabilities. By editing only a README, requirements file, or Makefile, an attacker can redirect the agent to an untrusted registry, a known-vulnerable version, or a wrong-but-plausible name: documentation becomes a vector for code execution. We present the first systematic evaluation of package-install-time supply-chain attacks delivered through
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Published: 16 July 2026
Source: arXiv cs.HC
Category: Research
Topics: Military & security · Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 17 July 2026
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ethics.ai (16 July 2026), “Setup Complete, Now You Are Compromised: Weaponizing Setup Instructions Against AI Coding Agents,” evidence record 11298, https://ethics.ai/record/11298 (originally published by arXiv cs.HC).
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