Threat · curated 9 Aug 2026
$1,500 AI System Prompt Leak: Using this Burp Suite Configuration
First reported medium.com
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Why it matters
System prompt leakage exposes the hidden instructions, guardrails, and configuration of deployed LLM applications, giving attackers the knowledge needed to craft targeted jailbreaks and bypass safeguards.
A bug bounty write-up by tinopreter describes leaking an AI application's system prompt at a company that rolled out AI across its assets, earning a $1,500 payout, and attributes the discovery to a particular Burp Suite proxy configuration that surfaced the prompt in intercepted traffic. Specific details, endpoints, and screenshots were altered for confidentiality.