AgentSmith Strikes: LangChain’s Prompt Hub Vulnerability Exposes AI Secrets!
Malicious AI agents are lurking in LangSmith’s Prompt Hub! Dubbed AgentSmith, this high-severity flaw could turn your friendly AI assistant into a data-stealing menace. Beware: your OpenAI API keys might just become the hottest property on the dark web. Who knew AI agents could have such a rebellious streak?

Hot Take:
Yikes! Looks like LangChain’s Prompt Hub just pulled a “Gone in 60 Seconds” on user data with the AgentSmith vulnerability. Who knew AI agents could moonlight as cyber thieves? Time to lock down those AI agents before they start calling themselves “Mr. Robot”.
Key Points:
- LangChain’s Prompt Hub had a critical vulnerability dubbed AgentSmith.
- The flaw scored an 8.8 on the CVSS scale, indicating high severity.
- Malicious AI agents could exploit this to steal OpenAI API keys and manipulate LLM responses.
- Noma Security disclosed the vulnerability, and LangChain issued a fix within days.
- No evidence of active exploitation was found, affecting only the public sharing feature.
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