GenAI CLI Started with Unsafe Permission Bypass

Last updated 2 days ago on 2026-07-06
Created 14 days ago on 2026-06-24

About

Identifies GenAI agent CLIs started with permission-bypass or auto-approval flags that disable human-in-the-loop guardrails. These modes are intended for isolated sandboxes but are frequently misused on internet-connected developer workstations, allowing prompt injection, compromised dependencies, or malicious skills to execute commands, modify files, or reach sensitive paths without confirmation.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxOS: macOSOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: Elastic DefendDomain: LLMLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-endpoint.events.process-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query
text code block:
process where event.type == "start" and event.action in ("exec", "start") and ( ( process.args in ( "--dangerously-skip-permissions", "--allow-dangerously-skip-permissions", "--permission-mode=bypassPermissions" ) or (process.args == "--permission-mode" and process.args == "bypassPermissions") ) and ( process.name in ("claude", "claude.exe") or process.executable : ( "*/.local/share/claude/versions/*", "*/.claude/downloads/*", "*Caskroom/claude-code/*", "*\\Claude\\versions\\*" ) or (process.name in ("node", "node.exe") and process.args : "*@anthropic-ai/claude-code*") ) ) or ( ( process.args in ("--dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox", "--full-auto", "--yolo") or process.command_line : ( "* -s danger-full-access*", "*--sandbox danger-full-access*", "*--sandbox=danger-full-access*", "*--ask-for-approval never*", "*--ask-for-approval=never*" ) ) and ( process.name in ( "codex", "codex.exe", "codex-exec", "codex-aarch64-apple-darwin", "codex-x86_64-apple-darwin", "codex-linux-arm64", "codex-linux-x64" ) or (process.name in ("node", "node.exe") and process.args : ("*@openai/codex*", "*/codex", "*\\codex*")) ) ) or ( ( process.args in ("--yolo", "-y") or (process.args == "--approval-mode" and process.args == "yolo") or process.args == "--approval-mode=yolo" ) and ( process.name in ("gemini", "gemini-cli", "gemini.exe", "gemini-cli.exe") or (process.name in ("node", "node.exe") and process.args : ("*@google/gemini-cli*", "*/gemini", "*\\gemini*")) ) ) or ( ( process.args in ( "--yolo", "--autopilot", "--allow-all", "--allow-all-tools", "--allow-all-paths", "--allow-all-urls" ) ) and ( process.name in ("copilot", "copilot.exe") or (process.name in ("node", "node.exe") and process.args : ("*@github/copilot*", "*/copilot", "*\\copilot*")) ) ) or ( process.args == "--dangerously-skip-permissions" and ( process.name in ("opencode", "opencode.exe", ".opencode") or process.executable : ("*opencode-ai*", "*\\.opencode*") or (process.name in ("node", "node.exe") and process.args : ("*opencode-ai*", "*/opencode", "*\\opencode*")) ) )

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect GenAI CLI Started with Unsafe Permission Bypass in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).