Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority
TL;DR OpenAI’s recently launched browser, Atlas, has a concerning vulnerability.
Atlas appears to be susceptible to attacks known as clipboard injections.
This type of attack can be used to steal login credentials, credit card numbers, and other sensitive data.
The company best known for ChatGPT, OpenAI, surprised us earlier this week by dropping its new AI-powered browser, Atlas. And since its debut, it appears to be the talk of the town, as we see from Google Trends for keyword searches of popular agentic browsers. Before you go and try it for yourself, you should know that it appears to have a serious security flaw.
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Over on the site formerly known as Twitter, an ethical hacker who goes by Pliny the Liberator has discovered a concerning vulnerability in Atlas. According to the hacker, the browser is susceptible to a type of attack known as clipboard injection. The hacker also shared a video showing proof of the vulnerability.
🚨 JAILBREAK ALERT 🚨 OPENAI: PWNED 😎
ATLAS-BROWSER: LIBERATED 🙌 WOW! There’s a new AI browser on the block! Has some hefty guardrails in play, but the browser surface area is vast 🌊 First, I started with a good ol’ LSD jailbreak, which was cool to see that the GPT-5 prompt… pic.twitter.com/wD3sI26XJx — Pliny the Liberator 🐉󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭 (@elder_plinius) October 22, 2025
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