VDB
KO
HIGH

GHSA-3jww-hxqj-wfq2

[Eclipse Theia] Indirect Prompt Injection via Adversarial Workspace File and Directory Names in AI Chat

Details

In Eclipse Theia versions prior to 1.71.0, the AI chat agent processed workspace file and directory names as part of its prompt context without distinguishing them from system instructions. An attacker could craft a malicious repository with adversarial directory or file names that, when analyzed by the AI agent, would cause the agent to follow attacker-controlled instructions (indirect prompt injection). Combined with other AI chat features available in untrusted workspaces, this enabled attack chains leading to data exfiltration via Markdown image rendering or arbitrary command execution via task definitions.

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Affected packages

npm / @theia/ai-chat-ui
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.71.0
Fix npm install @theia/ai-chat-ui@1.71.0
npm / @theia/ai-chat
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.71.0
Fix npm install @theia/ai-chat@1.71.0
npm / @theia/ai-claude-code
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.71.0
Fix npm install @theia/ai-claude-code@1.71.0
npm / @theia/ai-code-completion
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.71.0
Fix npm install @theia/ai-code-completion@1.71.0
npm / @theia/ai-core
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.71.0
Fix npm install @theia/ai-core@1.71.0
npm / @theia/ai-editor
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.71.0
Fix npm install @theia/ai-editor@1.71.0
npm / @theia/ai-ide
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.71.0
Fix npm install @theia/ai-ide@1.71.0

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