Cohere Finds Self-Hosted Open-Weight Models Need Egress Controls

Though blocked by sandboxing, the incident highlights egress risks in self-hosted models. The behavior occurred in fewer than one in 100,000 calls, with no conclusive evidence of intentional backdoor. Still, such models remain untrusted black boxes even when locally deployed, requiring default egress controls and continuous monitoring.

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