Agent-to-agent privilege escalation in Google ADK for Python (2026-08) - #33
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2026-google-adk-agent-privilege-escalation. A crafted GitHub issue could prompt-inject the public, low-privilege triage agent in Google's ADK for Python, whose output then triggered a maintainer-only agent with broad repo and cloud credentials — reaching code execution on the CI runner and exposing its secrets. Google removed three workflows (issue-analyze.yml, issue-fix.yml, pr-analyze.yml). Discovered by Pillar Security.Classification: prompt-injection/indirect → multi-agent-failure/cascade → unsafe-action/unauthorized-write. Type: hazard. Severity: high. Confidence: confirmed.
Sources: The Hacker News, SC Media, Cloud Security Alliance.
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validate.py(0 failures),check_links.py(sources reachable),apply_mappings.py --check,build_exports.pyandbuild_site.pybuild clean.