GitHub code scanning adds public-preview detection of AI agent risks like indirect prompt injection and excessive agency
GitHub announced that code scanning can now detect AI application and agent vulnerabilities, including indirect prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure, and excessive agency. Scans run automatically on pull requests alongside existing CodeQL analysis and flag agent code paths where untrusted content can reach a model with access to tools, data, or business systems. Mitigation guidance appears in the pull request. The feature is in public preview on github.com and requires a GitHub Advanced Security license, and is not available on GitHub Enterprise Server.
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GitHub announced that code scanning can now detect AI application and agent vulnerabilities, including indirect prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure, and excessive agency. Scans run automatically on pull requests alongside existing CodeQL analysis and flag agent code paths where untrusted content can reach a model with access to tools, data, or business systems. Mitigation guidance appears in the pull request. The feature is in public preview on github.com and requires a GitHub Advanced Security license, and is not available on GitHub Enterprise Server.
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- Code scanning now flags indirect prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure, and excessive agency in AI applications.
- Scans run automatically on pull requests alongside existing CodeQL analysis.
- Flagged paths are where untrusted content can reach a model with tool, data, or business system access.
- Public preview on github.com requires GitHub Advanced Security; not available on GitHub Enterprise Server.
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GitHub code scanning now flags AI application and agent vulnerabilities on pull requests in public preview, starting with indirect prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure and excessive agency, alongside existing CodeQL analysis. Coverage is set to expand; no detection-rate figures were given.
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Why this may matter
As teams embed AI agents in codebases, risky architectures can be hard to spot through manual review. Automated detection in pull requests could surface prompt injection and over-permissioned agents before code ships.
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