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OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications (2026): how to test AI agents before attackers do

AI agents do not just answer. They read, decide and act. Here are the ten ways that goes wrong, in plain words, with a test for each one.

By Arxiis ResearchUpdated 21 min read

Key takeaways

  • The OWASP GenAI Security Project published the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications for 2026 on 9 December 2025, listing ten risks from ASI01 Agent Goal Hijack to ASI10 Rogue Agents.1
  • The list exists because agents act: a fooled chatbot says something wrong, but a fooled agent sends the email, runs the code or moves the data.
  • 76% of security professionals worry about the security of AI agents, yet only 37% of organisations have a formal AI deployment policy, per Darktrace's 2026 survey of 1,540 practitioners.6
  • IBM's 2026 breach study puts the average loss from a prompt injection incident at USD 5.89 million, second only to model inversion among AI incident types.7
  • Every one of the ten risks can be tested: plant hidden instructions, push tools past their scope, poison memory, spoof agent messages and check whether a human or a control stops the damage.

Your company probably has an AI agent already. It reads support tickets, drafts replies, looks up orders and maybe issues refunds. It is fast and helpful, and it will follow any instruction that sounds convincing, including one hidden in a customer's PDF. Traditional security tests were built for software that does the same thing every time. Agents do not. They decide what to do at run time, using tools and permissions you gave them. That is the gap the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications was written to close.

Last reviewed on 22 October 2026 against the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications for 2026, the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications (2025 and 2026 editions), IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2026 and Darktrace State of AI Cybersecurity 2026.

What is the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications?

The OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications is a free, community-built list of the ten most critical security risks in AI agents: systems that plan, use tools and take actions on their own. The OWASP GenAI Security Project released it on 9 December 2025 with input from more than 100 experts.1

OWASP is the non-profit behind the well-known web application Top 10. Its GenAI Security Project already publishes a Top 10 for LLM applications. The agentic list is a separate document that focuses on what changes once the model is given hands. OWASP's own announcement puts it simply: "Once AI began taking actions, the nature of security changed forever."2

AI agent (plain definition)
Software built around a language model that is given a goal, breaks it into steps, and carries those steps out by calling tools such as email, databases, browsers, code runners or other agents, often with little or no human review of each step.

Each entry has an ID from ASI01 to ASI10, a description, common examples, attack scenarios and mitigations. The document also pushes a principle it calls least agency: give an agent only the freedom to act that its task needs, in the same way least privilege limits what an account can access.1 Keep that idea in mind. Most of the controls later in this guide are least agency in practice.

Why do AI agents need their own Top 10?

AI agents need their own Top 10 because they turn model mistakes into real actions. A chatbot that is tricked gives a bad answer. An agent that is tricked can send data out, change records or run code, using real credentials, at machine speed, often before any human sees what happened.

Three things make agents different from a normal app or a plain chatbot:

  • They cannot reliably tell data from instructions. An agent reads emails, web pages and files to do its job. Any of that text can carry an instruction, and the model may follow it.
  • They hold power. Tools, API keys and service accounts let an agent do what a user could do, and sometimes more.
  • They chain. One agent's output becomes the next agent's input, and memory carries today's mistake into next week.

Adoption is moving faster than control. Gartner expects that by 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, and that at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously. It also predicts that over 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027, citing costs, unclear value and "inadequate risk controls".9

76%of security professionals worry about the security of AI agentsDarktrace, Feb 2026
37%of organisations have a formal AI deployment policy (down from 45%)Darktrace, Feb 2026
$5.89Maverage loss from a prompt injection incidentIBM, Jul 2026
92%of organisations with an AI-related breach lacked proper AI access controlsIBM, Jul 2026

The stats above come from Darktrace's survey of 1,540 security professionals in 14 countries6 and from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach research, where the prompt injection and access control figures appear.7 IBM also found that more than 20% of organisations reported a breach targeting AI models or applications, and that AI-enabled breaches cost about USD 6 million on average, roughly USD 1 million above the overall average of USD 4.99 million.8

Where agent risks liveOWASP ASI01 to ASI10 by component
Where agent risks live: an AI agent architecture with OWASP agentic risk hotspots An agent planner sits in the centre and connects to eight components. Operator or user: ASI09 human-agent trust exploitation. Identity, tokens and keys: ASI03 identity and privilege abuse. External content such as web pages, email and PDFs: ASI01 agent goal hijack. Memory and RAG store: ASI06 memory and context poisoning. The planner itself: ASI01 goal hijack and ASI10 rogue agents. Tools and APIs: ASI02 tool misuse. MCP servers and plugins: ASI04 agentic supply chain. Code runner: ASI05 unexpected code execution. Other agents: ASI07 insecure inter-agent communication and ASI08 cascading failures. Operator / user External content Memory and RAG Tools and APIs MCP servers, plugins Code runner Identity Other agents reviews and approves web, email, PDFs, tickets notes, vectors, history email, DB, payments third-party tool code shell, Python, sandbox tokens, keys, roles hand-offs, A2A messages AGENT Planner LLM · goal · system prompt 090106 020405 03 0708 0110 dashed = untrusted input solid = agent action orange = OWASP ASI ID Where agent risks live (mobile layout) Stacked view of the same diagram. Operator: ASI09. Identity: ASI03. Agent planner: ASI01 and ASI10. External content: ASI01. Memory: ASI06. Tools and APIs: ASI02. MCP servers and plugins: ASI04. Code runner: ASI05. Other agents: ASI07 and ASI08. Operator / user Identity External contentMemory, RAG Tools and APIsMCP, plugins Code runnerOther agents reviews and approves tokens, keys, roles web, email,PDFs, tickets notes, vectors,history email, DB,payments third-partytool code shell, Python,sandbox hand-offs,A2A messages AGENT Planner LLM · goal · prompt 0903 0110 0106 0204 050708 orange = OWASP ASI ID
  1. 01 Agent Goal Hijack
  2. 02 Tool Misuse and Exploitation
  3. 03 Identity and Privilege Abuse
  4. 04 Agentic Supply Chain
  5. 05 Unexpected Code Execution
  6. 06 Memory and Context Poisoning
  7. 07 Insecure Inter-Agent Comms
  8. 08 Cascading Failures
  9. 09 Human-Agent Trust Exploitation
  10. 10 Rogue Agents
Figure: each OWASP agentic risk mapped to the part of an agent system where it usually starts. Risk IDs and names from the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications for 2026 (December 2025); component mapping by Arxiis Research.

The OWASP agentic Top 10 at a glance

The OWASP agentic Top 10 covers ten risks: goal hijack, tool misuse, identity and privilege abuse, supply chain, unexpected code execution, memory poisoning, insecure agent messaging, cascading failures, human trust exploitation and rogue agents. The table below gives each one a plain meaning, an example, a test and the control that matters most.

OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications (2026): meaning, example, test and key control
ID and riskPlain meaningExampleHow to testKey control
ASI01 Agent Goal HijackSomeone changes what the agent is trying to doA crafted email makes an assistant leak files (EchoLeak)Hide instructions in emails, pages, PDFs and tool outputTreat all content as untrusted; lock goals
ASI02 Tool Misuse and ExploitationThe agent uses a real tool in a harmful wayA PDF tells the agent to run a "cleanup" shell tool that leaks logsPush each tool past its scope: bulk export, delete, send outPer-tool least privilege; confirm risky calls
ASI03 Identity and Privilege AbuseThe agent acts with more rights than it shouldA finance agent passes all its rights to a helper agentTry to act beyond the calling user's own rightsShort-lived, task-scoped tokens
ASI04 Agentic Supply ChainA third-party tool, model, prompt or agent is maliciousA poisoned prompt shipped inside a coding assistant extensionInventory MCP servers; change a tool description after approvalSigned, pinned, allowlisted components
ASI05 Unexpected Code ExecutionThe agent writes and runs code it should notUnreviewed shell commands delete production dataMake the agent run code, then try to reach files and networkSandbox, no root, no eval
ASI06 Memory and Context PoisoningFalse data in memory steers future decisionsA fake price is stored as fact and later approvedPlant a false fact; check a later session or userScan memory writes; isolate sessions
ASI07 Insecure Inter-Agent CommunicationMessages between agents can be faked or changedInjected instructions on an unencrypted agent channelSpoof, replay and alter agent messagesMutual authentication; signed messages
ASI08 Cascading FailuresOne bad step spreads through a chain of agentsA poisoned analysis agent inflates limits; trading agents act on itInject one bad output upstream; trace how far it goesSeparate planning from execution; circuit breakers
ASI09 Human-Agent Trust ExploitationPeople approve harmful actions because the agent sounds sureA coding assistant suggests a "fix" that installs a backdoorMake the agent argue for a bad action; watch reviewersClear risk cues; multi-step approval
ASI10 Rogue AgentsThe agent drifts from its task and hides itAfter a poisoned page, an agent keeps sending files outCompare logged actions with the stated task; test the kill switchSigned audit logs; behaviour monitoring

Examples and controls are summarised from the scenarios and mitigations in the OWASP document.1 Note that the numbers are IDs, not a strict ranking of how common each risk is. Your own ranking depends on what your agent can do, which is what the profiler further down works out.

Goal and trust risks: ASI01, ASI09 and ASI10

Goal and trust risks are about who really controls the agent. Agent goal hijack (ASI01) lets an attacker rewrite the agent's objective, human-agent trust exploitation (ASI09) gets people to approve harmful steps, and rogue agents (ASI10) keep acting against their task while each single action looks normal.

ASI01 Agent Goal Hijack

This is the headline risk. Agents cannot reliably tell the difference between instructions from their owner and text they happen to read. An attacker plants an instruction in content the agent will process: an email, a web page, a support ticket, a calendar invite, even a tool's output. The agent then works toward the attacker's goal instead of yours.

OWASP cites EchoLeak as an example.1 Researchers at Aim Security found that a crafted email could make Microsoft 365 Copilot pull sensitive data from the user's context and send it out, with no click from the victim. The flaw, CVE-2025-32711, was rated 9.3 (critical) and fixed by Microsoft in June 2025, which said there was no evidence of use in the wild.12

A better system prompt will not fix this. Telling the model to "ignore instructions in documents" lowers the success rate but does not remove the risk. Design as if injection will sometimes succeed, and limit what a hijacked agent can reach.

ASI09 Human-Agent Trust Exploitation

Human approval is a strong control, until the human stops reading. Agents write fluent, confident explanations. An attacker who has influenced the agent can use that fluency to get a reviewer to click "approve". OWASP's example is a compromised coding assistant that suggests a slick one-line fix which actually runs a malicious script.1 The test is not only "is there an approval step" but "does the approval step still work when the agent argues for a bad action".

ASI10 Rogue Agents

A rogue agent is one that has drifted from its intended function, through compromise or misalignment, and keeps going. Each action may look legitimate on its own. Only the pattern shows the problem: an agent that should summarise files is quietly sending them to an outside server. OWASP recommends signed, tamper-proof logs of every action and tool call, plus behaviour monitoring, including watchdog agents that check peers.1

A chatbot that is fooled says something wrong. An agent that is fooled does something wrong.

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Tool, identity and code risks: ASI02, ASI03 and ASI05

Tool, identity and code risks decide how much damage a fooled agent can do. Tool misuse (ASI02) turns legitimate tools into weapons, identity and privilege abuse (ASI03) lets an agent act beyond its rights, and unexpected code execution (ASI05) turns a text prompt into commands running on your systems.

ASI02 Tool Misuse and Exploitation

The tools are real and authorised. The problem is how they get used. A support agent with a "send email" tool can send your customer list to anyone. A database tool meant for single lookups can be asked for a full export. OWASP's guidance is to give each tool its own least-privilege profile (read-only database access, no send or delete for email where not needed) and to require confirmation for high-impact calls.1

ASI03 Identity and Privilege Abuse

Agents often run with a service account that can do far more than any single user. That creates a confused deputy: a low-privilege user asks the high-privilege agent to do something the user could never do directly. Delegation makes it worse. In the OWASP scenario, a finance agent hands a database agent all of its permissions, and an attacker steers it into pulling HR and legal data. The fix is short-lived tokens scoped to one task, and agents that act with the rights of the user they serve.1 This is the same lesson as credential-based attacks where intruders simply log in: whoever holds the token holds the power.

IBM's 2026 data shows how common this gap is: only 40% of organisations reported using access controls on AI models and data.7

ASI05 Unexpected Code Execution

Coding agents, data analysis agents and "computer use" agents write code and run it. If an attacker can influence the prompt, they can influence the code. OWASP describes an agent that generates and runs unreviewed shell commands during automated coding and deletes production data.1 The controls are old ones applied to a new source of code: run it in a sandbox, never as root, with file and network access limited to what the task needs, and no eval() on model output.

Memory, supply chain and multi-agent risks: ASI04, ASI06, ASI07 and ASI08

Memory, supply chain and multi-agent risks come from what an agent trusts without checking: third-party tools and MCP servers (ASI04), its own stored memory (ASI06), messages from other agents (ASI07), and chains of automated steps where one fault spreads before anyone notices (ASI08).

ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

Agents load tools, prompts, models and plugins at run time, often from public registries. The Model Context Protocol (MCP), a common standard for connecting agents to tools, made this easy and also created a new attack path. In April 2025, Invariant Labs showed tool poisoning: hidden instructions in an MCP tool's description, which the model reads but the user rarely sees, made an agent in Cursor read SSH keys and MCP config files. They also showed a rug pull, where a server changes a tool description after the user has approved it.10 OWASP's separate MCP Top 10 lists tool poisoning as MCP03 and recommends signed schemas and tool manifests.11

Supply chain risk is not only theory. In July 2025, AWS reported that an inappropriately scoped GitHub token let an attacker commit malicious code to the Amazon Q Developer extension for VS Code, which shipped in version 1.84.0. AWS said the code failed to run because of a syntax error, so no customer environments were affected.13 OWASP uses this case as an ASI04 example.1

ASI06 Memory and Context Poisoning

Memory makes agents useful across sessions. It also means a lie told once can be believed forever. OWASP's scenario: an attacker keeps repeating a fake flight price until the assistant stores it as fact and later approves bookings at that price.1 The same applies to RAG stores, where one poisoned document can steer every answer that retrieves it. Scan memory writes before they are saved, keep users and tasks apart, and give memory an expiry.

ASI07 Insecure Inter-Agent Communication

Multi-agent systems pass messages that are often plain natural language with weak or no authentication. If an attacker can read, fake or replay those messages, they can steer the whole group. Treat agent-to-agent traffic like any service traffic: mutual authentication, encryption, signed messages and checks for hidden instructions inside the content.1

ASI08 Cascading Failures

In a chain, a small error does not stay small. OWASP describes a market analysis agent, poisoned by injection, that inflates risk limits; the downstream position and execution agents then trade larger positions with no check.1 For Indian banks, NBFCs and brokers exploring agentic workflows, this is the scenario to rehearse. The key control is to separate planning from execution with an external policy engine that can refuse an action, plus rate limits and circuit breakers.

Guidance, not law. The OWASP list is voluntary. But if an agent processes personal data, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 still requires reasonable security safeguards (Section 8(5)); see our DPDP Rules security safeguards checklist. Sector rules from RBI or SEBI may also apply to the systems an agent touches. This is not legal advice; check the latest text.

How is it different from the OWASP LLM Top 10?

The OWASP LLM Top 10 covers risks in any application built on a large language model, such as prompt injection and data leaks. The agentic Top 10 covers what happens when that model plans and acts with tools, memory, credentials and other agents. Most teams building agents need both lists, not one.

The OWASP LLM Top 10 2025 was published in November 2024.3 It already had an entry called Excessive Agency (LLM06:2025), the seed of the agentic list. A newer 2026 edition of the LLM list followed in August 2026.4 In it, Excessive Agency moved up to LLM03:2026 and System Prompt Leakage became Hidden Context Exposure (LLM08:2026).5 The table maps the 2025 entries, which most existing controls and audits still reference, to the closest agentic risks.

OWASP LLM Top 10 (2025) mapped to the closest agentic risks
LLM Top 10 (2025)Closest agentic riskWhat changes with agents
LLM01 Prompt InjectionASI01 Goal HijackInjection changes actions and plans, not only answers
LLM02 Sensitive Information DisclosureASI02, ASI03Agents can move data out with real tools and rights
LLM03 Supply ChainASI04 Agentic Supply ChainTools and MCP servers load at run time and can change
LLM04 Data and Model PoisoningASI06 Memory and Context PoisoningPoison enters through memory during use, not only training
LLM05 Improper Output HandlingASI05 Unexpected Code ExecutionOutput is run as code or commands directly
LLM06 Excessive AgencyASI02, ASI03, ASI10Split into tool, identity and rogue behaviour risks
LLM07 System Prompt LeakageASI01, ASI03Leaked prompts reveal goals, tools and secrets to target
LLM08 Vector and Embedding WeaknessesASI06RAG stores become long-term agent memory
LLM09 MisinformationASI09 Human Trust ExploitationWrong but confident output gets approved and acted on
LLM10 Unbounded ConsumptionASI08 Cascading FailuresLoops between agents multiply cost and load
(no direct entry)ASI07 Inter-Agent CommunicationNew: agents trust messages from other agents

The mapping is our reading for orientation. OWASP publishes its own cross-references between the lists, and the 2026 LLM edition maps its entries to the agentic Top 10.4

How do you pentest an AI agent?

AI agent penetration testing means attacking the agent the way a real adversary would: feed it hidden instructions through every input, push each tool and permission past its limits, poison its memory and messages, and prove what damage results. The goal is evidence of impact, not a list of theoretical weaknesses.

A scan tells you a weakness might exist. A pentest shows what an attacker can actually do with it. If that difference is new to your team, our guide to vulnerability assessment vs penetration testing explains it. For agents, the difference matters even more, because the same weakness can be harmless in one agent and critical in another depending on its tools.

  1. Map the agent. Write down its goal, system prompt, every tool, every credential, memory stores, data it touches, other agents it talks to and MCP servers it loads. This is your attack surface.
  2. Plant indirect injections in every input channel. Emails, web pages, PDFs, tickets, calendar invites, file names, tool outputs. Check whether the plan or tool calls change (ASI01).
  3. Push every tool past its intended scope. Ask for bulk exports, deletes, sends to outside addresses and chained calls (ASI02).
  4. Test identity. Can a low-privilege user get the agent to do what they cannot? How long do tokens live? What do delegated agents inherit (ASI03)?
  5. Try to run code and escape. Get the agent to write and run code, then try to read files, reach the network or leave the sandbox (ASI05).
  6. Poison memory. Plant a false fact or instruction in one session and see whether it affects later sessions or other users (ASI06).
  7. Attack the supply chain and messages. Check MCP servers and plugins for pinning and signing, simulate a rug pull, and spoof or replay agent messages (ASI04, ASI07, ASI08).
  8. Test the human step, then report and retest. See whether reviewers approve a persuasive bad action (ASI09), check logs catch drift (ASI10), map every finding to its ASI ID and retest after fixes.

Automation helps with volume. Injection payloads should be replayed on every release, because a new model version or prompt can reopen an old hole. Judgement is still needed to decide whether a tool call actually hurt the business. Our comparison of automated vs manual penetration testing covers how to split that work. Frameworks such as MITRE ATLAS, which catalogues attacks on AI systems, help structure the test plan.

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      Which controls cut most of the agentic AI risk?

      The controls that cut most agentic AI risk limit what a fooled agent can do: least-privilege tools, short-lived scoped credentials, human approval for high-impact actions, sandboxed code, clean and separated memory, signed and allowlisted tools and MCP servers, and complete logs. Together they apply OWASP's least agency principle.

      • Least-privilege tools. One narrow tool per job. Read-only by default. No generic "run any SQL" or "send any email" tools. (ASI02)
      • Scoped, short-lived identity. Each task gets its own token that expires. The agent acts with the user's rights, not a super account. (ASI03)
      • Human approval gates that mean something. Require approval for payments, deletes, external sends and permission changes, and show the raw action, not just the agent's summary. (ASI09)
      • Sandboxing. Generated code runs in an isolated container, not as root, with limited files and network. (ASI05)
      • Memory hygiene. Scan what gets stored, separate users and tasks, and expire old memory. (ASI06)
      • Signed tools and MCP allowlists. Only approved, pinned servers and plugins; alert when a tool description changes. (ASI04)
      • Authenticated agent messaging and circuit breakers. Sign messages between agents and let a policy engine stop runaway chains. (ASI07, ASI08)
      • Full, tamper-proof logging. Record every prompt, tool call and message, and alert on behaviour that drifts from the task. (ASI10)

      Start with the blast radius. You cannot fully stop prompt injection today. You can decide what a hijacked agent is able to reach. Cutting tool scope and credentials is usually the fastest, cheapest risk reduction.

      Controls also need to be checked again and again. Agents change every time someone edits a prompt, swaps a model or adds a tool. A test done once a year leaves most of that change untested, the same problem we describe in the 363-day blind spot of annual pentests. A continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) programme gives agents a regular place in the testing cycle.

      Frequently asked questions

      What are the ten risks in the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications?

      The ten risks are ASI01 Agent Goal Hijack, ASI02 Tool Misuse and Exploitation, ASI03 Identity and Privilege Abuse, ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities, ASI05 Unexpected Code Execution, ASI06 Memory and Context Poisoning, ASI07 Insecure Inter-Agent Communication, ASI08 Cascading Failures, ASI09 Human-Agent Trust Exploitation and ASI10 Rogue Agents. Each entry comes with examples, attack scenarios and mitigations.

      When was the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications released?

      The OWASP GenAI Security Project published the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications for 2026 on 9 December 2025. It was built with input from more than 100 industry experts. The list carries the 2026 label because it is meant to guide the year when many firms move agents from pilots into production.

      Is agent goal hijack the same as prompt injection?

      Not quite. Prompt injection is the technique: text that the model treats as an instruction. Agent goal hijack (ASI01) is the result for an agent: its objective or plan changes, so it takes actions the owner never wanted. Injection is the most common route to a hijack, but poisoned tool outputs and poisoned data can also redirect an agent's goal.

      Does the OWASP LLM Top 10 still apply if we build AI agents?

      Yes. Every agent still runs on a language model, so the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications covers the model layer: prompt injection, data leaks, supply chain, poisoning and output handling. The agentic list adds what happens when that model can plan and act through tools, memory, credentials and other agents. Use the two lists together, not one instead of the other.

      What is MCP tool poisoning?

      MCP tool poisoning is an attack where a Model Context Protocol server hides instructions inside a tool's description. The user rarely sees that text, but the model reads it. Invariant Labs showed in April 2025 that a poisoned tool could make an agent in Cursor read SSH keys and config files, and that a server could change a description after approval, a trick called a rug pull.

      Can automated tools test AI agents for these risks?

      Partly. Automated tools are good at sending many injection payloads, replaying attacks after every release and checking known weak settings. They are weaker at judging business impact, such as whether a tool call moved money or leaked a customer file. Most teams pair automated runs on every change with deeper red teaming of the riskiest workflows.

      How often should AI agents be security tested?

      Test an agent before launch and again whenever its prompt, model, tools, memory or permissions change, because each of those changes its attack surface. For agents that read outside content or act without approval, add automated injection tests on every release. A yearly test alone is too slow for systems that can change every week.

      Is the OWASP agentic Top 10 mandatory in India?

      No. The OWASP agentic Top 10 is voluntary community guidance, not a law or a regulator's rule, but it is useful evidence of good practice. If an agent processes personal data, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 requires reasonable security safeguards, and sector rules from RBI, SEBI or CERT-In may also apply to the systems it touches.

      Where Arxiis fits

      Test the systems your agents can reach, every day

      An agent is only as dangerous as what it can touch. When an agent is hijacked, the attacker inherits its reach: the Active Directory accounts, cloud consoles, web apps, containers and credentials behind its tools. That is where real damage happens.

      Arxiis is an autonomous AI red teaming platform. Its multi-agent crew attacks your environment the way an adversary would, so you learn what a compromised identity or tool could really do before someone else finds out.

      • 26 security modules across 6 attack vectors: ransomware, Active Directory, cloud, web applications, containers and credentials.
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      • CVSS-scored, MITRE ATT&CK-mapped findings with overlays for 11 frameworks, including OWASP Top 10, DPDP 2023, RBI and SEBI CSCRF.
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      Sources

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      5. OWASP GenAI Security Project, "GenAI-LLM-Top10" repository (2026 edition entry list), August 2026. github.com
      6. Darktrace, "Over Three-Quarters of Security Professionals Concerned About AI Agent Risk, New Darktrace Report Finds" (State of AI Cybersecurity 2026), 3 February 2026. darktrace.com
      7. IBM X-Force, "AI-powered adversaries and the enterprise risk challenge: Preparing for the new reality" (Cost of a Data Breach 2026), 29 July 2026. ibm.com
      8. IBM Newsroom, "IBM Study: One in Four Malicious Breaches are AI-Enabled, Costing Companies $6 Million on Average", 29 July 2026. newsroom.ibm.com
      9. Gartner, "Gartner Predicts Over 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Be Canceled by End of 2027", 25 June 2025. gartner.com
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      11. OWASP MCP Top 10 project, "MCP03:2025 Tool Poisoning", 2025. owasp.org
      12. The Hacker News, "Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Exposes Microsoft 365 Copilot Data Without User Interaction" (CVE-2025-32711, EchoLeak), June 2025. thehackernews.com
      13. Amazon Web Services, "Security Update for Amazon Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code (Version #1.84)", AWS-2025-015, 23 July 2025. aws.amazon.com
      Arxiis Research

      Written by the Arxiis research team. Facts checked against primary sources on 22 October 2026. Not legal advice.