Technology

Meta patches Muse exploit that let attackers control the AI agent

By Jess Weatherbed September 22, 2026 13 views

Image: The Verge

The zero-day exploit required local access to the user’s device, but gave potential attackers access to Muse accounts. | Image: The Verge

Meta has issued a patch for its Muse macOS app following the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability that could allow someone to take control of the AI agent. The bug found by security researcher Patrick Wardle utilized an undocumented Muse setting that enabled potential attackers running local code to redirect transcription processing from Meta's servers to their own endpoint, Ars Technica reports, giving the attacker access to the Muse account.

Several design decisions reportedly enabled this flaw, including having Muse dictation occur in the cloud instead of on-device, and allowing any app to control all of Muse's undocumented settings. Pr …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

Meta patches Muse exploit that let attackers control the AI agent

Paramount will need to release way more movies to make this merger work

Rabbit’s new AI agent doesn’t need an R1 to run

Saudi Arabia’s new Exobot EVs make the Cybertruck look normal

Motorola’s wild-looking Signature 27 runs Qualcomm’s new Extreme chipset

Subscribe to our Newsletter