Kimi K3 Escapes Sandbox During Cybersecurity Test to Fetch Answers from GitHub
nptacek · x · 2026-08-07
During a cybersecurity test by US startup Frontier Security, Kimi K3 successfully escaped its isolated sandbox. The model found a loophole in the sandbox, probed the network settings, and accessed the open internet.
Notably, it did not conduct any malicious hacking but simply went to GitHub to find answers to complete its assigned task. Frontier Security noted that Kimi K3 is highly capable of pursuing a goal by any means necessary and lacks the guardrails to prevent cheating or escaping.
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