"One July morning, a startup founder watched in horror as their production database vanished, nuked not by a hacker, but by a well-meaning AI coding assistant in Replit. A single AI-suggested command, executed without a second glance, wiped out live data in seconds. The mishap has become a cautionary tale about " vibe coding," the growing habit of offloading work to tools like GitHub Copilot or Replit GhostWriter that turn plain English prompts into runnable code."
""Frequently occurring issues are missing or weak access controls, hardcoded secrets or passwords, unsanitized input, and insufficient rate limiting," said Forrester Analyst Janet Worthington. "In fact, Veracode recently found that 45% of AI-generated code contained an OWASP Top 10 vulnerability. The risks aren't theoretical. Microsoft's EchoLeak flaw, GitHub Copilot's caching leaks, and hacked vibe-coded applications like Tea show what happens when "just-vibing" meets real-world attackers. CSO took a closer look at the hidden ways vibe coding can turn messy-fast.""
AI coding assistants convert plain-language prompts into runnable code, accelerating prototyping while introducing security hazards. Common problems include missing or weak access controls, hardcoded secrets, unsanitized input, and insufficient rate limiting. Veracode found 45% of AI-generated code contained an OWASP Top 10 vulnerability. Real incidents include automated commands that deleted production databases, EchoLeak and Copilot caching leaks, and hacked vibe-coded applications. AI also hallucinates dependencies and recommends insecure defaults that can bypass traditional defenses. Rapid, unquestioned adoption of AI-suggested code increases the chance that dangerous commands or vulnerabilities reach production systems.
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