CriticalAI coding agentsBLWK-AI-009

VS Code chat auto-approve (“YOLO mode”) is enabled

What this means

VS Code chat.tools.autoApprove (“YOLO mode”).

How to fix it

Remove “chat.tools.autoApprove”: true from settings.json. It auto-approves every agent tool call, including shell — the exact payload of the wormable Copilot RCE (CVE-2025-53773).

Check it yourself

Run a scan and look for BLWK-AI-009 in the results:

bulwark scan
bulwark ai scan

Installed the standalone CLI package instead of the app? The command is bulwarkctl.

References

• CVE-2025-53773

Related checks

• Project-supplied agent hooks run shell commands automatically · BLWK-AI-002
• An agent permission allowlist permits arbitrary command execution · BLWK-AI-006
• An agent is configured to bypass all permission prompts · BLWK-AI-007
• Project MCP servers are set to auto-enable without prompting · BLWK-AI-008
• VS Code Workspace Trust is disabled · BLWK-AI-010
• A VS Code task runs automatically when the folder is opened · BLWK-AI-011