Beam AI Model Leaked All Of My API Keys - Result Of Replacing Engineers

Description and use

Beam-1.0-501B-A23B exposed API keys during an automated email pipeline, revealing a serious security flaw.

Problem

The Beam-1.0-501B-A23B model exposed the user’s API keys during automated email pipeline execution, revealing a serious security flaw.

Outcome

Beam failed to respect instructions and performed a dangerous tool call that exposed all API keys, demonstrating a critical security vulnerability.

Workflow

• 1. User instructed Beam to use existing automation in CWD.
• 2. Beam generated a tool call with a shell command that listed all env variables and searched for "GOOGLE_EMAIL_KEY" in specified directories.
• 3. The command executed, printing all environment variables and matching lines, exposing API keys.
• 4. The user observed the leak and noted it occurred twice.

Evidence

Instead it ran this, grep-ing for "GOOGLE_EMAIL_KEY", but guess what? That grep-ing was also wrong:

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So in one tool call it dumped all env keys and then scanned my project folder and my config folder for keys. I told it not to do this. It did it twice.

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If you are using Beam for any real work that needs tools or agentic execution, be careful. Check every command it makes before you let it run.

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