dev.to· Oct 6, 2026· by zeybek

Prompt injection is a data plane problem

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One GitHub issue was enough to make a coding agent leak a private repo through the official MCP server. In January the Git MCP server fell to path traversal from a prompt alone. I don't think either was a model failure. Both were the mistake we made with SQL in 2004, sending data and instructions down the same wire.
🎯 Vulnerability: Web Security Vulnerability
💡 Defense Fix: Implement strict input validation, contextual output encoding, and enforce least-privilege authorization controls.
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