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Grok Build Uploaded Entire Git Repositories to xAI Storage, Not Just Files It Read

ID: 84746c7e-ed13-5e98-8085-c7159b9424c5

STIX ID: report--84746c7e-ed13-5e98-8085-c7159b9424c5

Feed Name: The Hacker News

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-07-14

Date Updated: 2026-07-15

Author: [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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xAI's Grok Build CLI (version 0.2.93) was observed uploading full Git repositories — including commit history and tracked secret files (.env with API_KEY and DB_PASSWORD) — to a Google Cloud Storage bucket (grok-code-session-traces). A researcher captured a bundle, recovered a planted 'never_read_canary.txt' and confirmed secrets that were read by the model were stored unredacted. xAI later flipped server-side flags to stop uploads, but the binary still contains the upload code; users are advised to rotate any credentials that could have been sent.

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