GitLab Duo, introduced in June 2023 and built on Anthropic's Claude models, is designed to assist developers in writing, reviewing, and editing code.

GitLab Vulnerability ‘Highlights the Double-Edged Nature of AI Assistants’ Your email has been sent A remote prompt injection flaw in GitLab Duo allowed attackers to steal private source code ...

Prompt injection risks in GitLab's AI assistant could have allowed attackers to steal source code, or indirectly deliver developers malware, dirty links, and more.

Examples include merge requests, commits, bug descriptions and comments, and source code. The researchers demonstrated how instructions embedded inside these sources can lead Duo astray.

Arabian Post -A critical vulnerability in GitLab’s AI-powered coding assistant, Duo, has exposed private source code repositories to theft through a sophisticated indirect prompt injection ...