Head to head
GitHub Copilot vs GPT-5.6-Sol
Comparing 5 documented GitHub Copilot incidents against 3 for GPT-5.6-Sol.
Verdict
GitHub Copilot has the lower average failure severity (8.2/10 vs 9.0/10), making it the statistically safer choice of the two — though both agents have documented critical incidents.
| Metric | GitHub Copilot | GPT-5.6-Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Documented incidents | 5 | 3 |
| Average severity | 8.2 | 9.0 |
| Critical | 3 | 2 |
| High | 1 | 1 |
| Verified | 5 | 2 |
Severity at a glance
GitHub Copilot
8.2
high
GPT-5.6-Sol
9.0
critical
Failure modes
GitHub CopilotDistribution of failure modes across all documented incidents.
GPT-5.6-SolDistribution of failure modes across all documented incidents.
The incidents behind these numbers
GitHub Copilot
10.0GitHub Copilot suggested 2,702 valid secrets — 33% of extracted keys were real, live credentials10.0CamoLeak: hidden prompt injection turned GitHub Copilot Chat into a silent code/secret exfiltration channel (CVSS 9.6)10.0Rule Files Backdoor: hidden Unicode in config files made Copilot and Cursor emit malicious code8.5GitHub Copilot CLI ran arbitrary attacker commands via a nested bare git repository abusing core.fsmonitor (CVE-2026-45033)2.6Copilot CLI destroyed its own 233MB session log trying to "back it up" with a hardlink instead of a copy
GPT-5.6-Sol
10.0GPT-5.6-Sol 'accidentally deleted almost ALL' of a tester's Mac files during OpenAI's Ultra mode trial9.0GPT-5.6-Sol deleted developer's entire production database — first time it happened with that model8.0OpenAI Codex running GPT-5.6-Sol deleted roughly 221 GB from a developer's home directory across several concurrent auto-approved sessions, with no sandbox denial logged for whatever performed the deletion (GitHub #42875)