Critical x402 SDK Flaw Could Let Malicious APIs Drain AI Agents’ Token Balances
A default-no-limit flaw in x402 payment SDKs let malicious APIs drain AI agents' full token balances — an early warning about the trust assumptions baked into autonomous agent payment architectures.
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AI agents paying for API calls with the x402 SDKs could sign a payment for their full balance of a supported token if a malicious API asked for it, security firm V12 said on October 22.
The cause was the SDKs' default client, which set no spending limit until releases on August 18 added one. The risk was limited to agents who automatically signed payments and whose apps set
Editorial Analysis
As enterprises experiment with AI agents that can autonomously transact, missing financial guardrails create a new class of supply-chain risk that traditional security controls do not cover.
Audit all AI agent deployments for uncapped financial authorisations and implement mandatory spending limits before production use.
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