A prompt-injected GitHub issue tricked Cline’s AI triage bot into running attacker code, leading to a compromised npm token and a malicious cline@2.3.0 release. 🧩
Around 4,000 developers unknowingly got OpenClaw installed with broad system access, showing how “AI installs AI” can quietly escalate supply-chain risk. 🛡️
🔗 https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another
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