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Real incidents, documented CVEs, and vulnerability disclosures - learn from the field

Updated: February 2026

Major Incidents 2025-2026

1. Clawdbot/MCP Ecosystem Breach (January 2026)

One of the most popular MCP-based agentic AI tools experienced a catastrophic security incident within 72 hours of viral adoption.

  • Impact: 10,000+ instances deployed globally
  • Issue: Authentication bypass, data exfiltration
  • Lesson: Rapid adoption without security review creates massive attack surface

2. Major LLM Data Leakage Incidents

Multiple organizations exposed sensitive data through LLM chatbot interactions.

  • Impact: Internal documents, code, and PII exposed
  • Root cause: Improper input validation, lack of output filtering
  • Lesson: Treat all AI interactions as potentially public

3. RAG System Compromises

Document poisoning attacks on enterprise RAG systems.

  • Impact: Manipulated AI responses, data exfiltration
  • Root cause: Insufficient document validation
  • Lesson: Validate all data before embedding

CVE Deep Dives

CVE Product Vulnerability Impact Key Lesson
CVE-2026-24770 RAGFlow Zip Slip / RCE Remote code execution via malicious ZIP Always validate extracted file paths
CVE-2025-57123 Popular Vector DB Auth Bypass Unauthenticated database access Default deny, explicit auth required
CVE-2025-45892 LLM Gateway SSRF Internal network access via AI tool Validate all URLs before fetching
CVE-2025-44219 AI Proxy API Key Theft Keys logged in plaintext Never log sensitive data

Lessons Learned

1. Security by Design

Build security into AI systems from the start, not as an afterthought.

2. Continuous Testing

AI systems change constantly - security testing must be ongoing.

3. Monitoring Essential

Detect anomalies and attacks in real-time with comprehensive logging.

4. Incident Response

Have clear procedures for when AI security incidents occur.

Statistics & Impact

180%

Increase in LLM breaches (2025)

30+

MCP CVEs in 2026

$4.5M

Average AI breach cost (2025)

Prevention Framework

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