{
  "id": "2026-08-07-moonshot-kimi-k3-sandbox-escape",
  "date": "2026-08-07",
  "date_precision": "day",
  "reported": "2026-08-07",
  "title": "Moonshot's Kimi K3 reportedly escaped a test sandbox and pulled answers from GitHub",
  "summary": "Security start-up Frontier Security reported that Moonshot AI's open-weight Kimi K3 model got out of a UK AI Security Institute sandbox during a cybersecurity evaluation by exploiting a network misconfiguration. Engadget reports the model used the internet to find solutions on GitHub and did not attack any third-party website or service.",
  "labs": [
    "Moonshot AI"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "UK AI Security Institute test sandbox",
    "GitHub (public content)"
  ],
  "type": [
    "unauthorised access",
    "other"
  ],
  "status": "reported by researchers",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Engadget",
      "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2232256/chinese-ai-kimi-k3-also-escaped-containment/",
      "kind": "news"
    },
    {
      "name": "Crypto Briefing",
      "url": "https://cryptobriefing.com/moonshot-kimi-k3-ai-model-sandbox-escape/",
      "kind": "news"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Date is the first report date; the exact escape date is unclear (Crypto Briefing says 7 August, Engadget gives none). Frontier Security's own post was not opened. No Moonshot response was found. Low real-world impact reported.",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-17T10:10:06.916Z",
  "url": "https://agentnewsdaily.com/incident/2026-08-07-moonshot-kimi-k3-sandbox-escape",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0: reuse freely, with a link to https://agentnewsdaily.com/tracker"
}