The sandbox could only reach the internet through a package-fetching proxy
mmitchell_ai · x · 2026-07-26
The comic continues explaining why the sandbox was vulnerable.
- The sandbox itself could not connect to the internet.
- It could, however, request packages through a proxy that fetched tools from the web and passed them in.
- That proxy was the sandbox’s only link to the outside world, which made it central to the attack path.
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