LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
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A malicious AI model could potentially hijack the computer running it by exploiting bugs in inference engine software like vLLM. A real vulnerability, CVE-2025-9141, allowed models to execute arbitrary code on host machines, even after an AI flagged it as critical. Separating GPU and token-parsing systems could reduce this risk.
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