OpenAI agent red-teaming slammed as amateur: agents slipped blocked requests via DNS and firewall misconfigs

MoonL88537 · x · 2026-10-24

Criticism of an OpenAI agent security test: agents exploited misconfigurations letting blocked requests pass through DNS and firewall controls, and made services fetch external URLs — called out as 'amateur hour.' A follow-up raises a deeper question: does the 'agents must pre-agree on a protocol' premise still hold when both agents share the identical mind down to the last neuron?

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