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ZCode Codebase Indexing feature

Incidents implicated systems

Incident 17141 Report
Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

2026-09-18

Developers reported that Z.ai's ZCode AI coding assistant uploaded local code repositories to Alibaba Cloud without consent. Z.ai said a default-enabled Codebase Indexing feature caused the behavior, apologized, patched the vulnerability, and later disabled the upload path. One company retracted a separate claim that six workspaces containing sensitive data had been uploaded; Z.ai said independent reviews found no code data retained.

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Z.ai

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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AI service providers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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AI software developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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ZCode users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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Information integrity

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  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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Software developers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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AI coding assistant users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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ZCode AI coding assistant

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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AI code generation systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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Enterprise AI systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1714
    1 Report

    Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent

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