The lethal trifecta for AI agents

by Simon Willison

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A defensive framework for recognizing risky combinations of agent capabilities and untrusted inputs.

This security discussion identifies a risky combination of sensitive access, untrusted inputs and communication capabilities. We link the analysis for defensive design; no attack instructions or payloads are reproduced here.

Level
Intermediate to Advanced
Models
any
Category
Security And Red Teaming
Tags
security, prompt-injection
Source date
2025-06-16
Added
2026-10-18
Last verified
2026-10-18
Status
ok
Prerequisites
No-code explanation, but assumes tool-using agents and data access; the supplied rubric places it at Intermediate.
Subcategory
agent and tool security
Region
West
Original language
en
Access
free
Resource reuse
closed: No general open-reuse grant established from the inspected page. Closed is the conservative index bucket, not a legal finding; the resource is publicly readable. Facet definitions

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