Published September 17, 2026 · Added September 18, 2026

Plugin4Shell: Zero-Click RCE Found in Top Four Coding Agents

AIR Security researchers describe Plugin4Shell, a zero-click remote code execution flaw affecting Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and Gemini, in which a trusted plugin is silently swapped for a malicious one and auto-installed past the agent's SHA pinning, a supply-chain weakness they say no plugin marketplace can fix and that users must address by updating their agent.

AIR Security researchers describe Plugin4Shell, a zero-click remote code execution flaw affecting Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and Gemini, in which a trusted plugin is silently swapped for a malicious one and auto-installed past the agent’s SHA pinning, a supply-chain weakness they say no plugin marketplace can fix and that users must address by updating their agent.

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Source: Air