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Assess agentic AI applications against the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications 2026. Use when reviewing autonomous AI agents, multi-agent systems, or agentic workflows for security risks including goal hijacking, tool misuse, privilege abuse, and rogue agent behavior.

OWASP By OWASP schedule Updated 5/17/2026

name: agentic-ai-risk-assess description: Assess agentic AI applications against the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications 2026. Use when reviewing autonomous AI agents, multi-agent systems, or agentic workflows for security risks including goal hijacking, tool misuse, privilege abuse, and rogue agent behavior. license: CC-BY-4.0

Agentic AI Risk Assessment

Evaluate agentic AI applications against all 10 risk categories by following the full procedure in plays/agentic-ai-risk-assess.md.

Steps

  1. Architecture Mapping — Identify agent type (single/multi-agent), autonomy level, tool ecosystem, memory systems, inter-agent communication protocols, and human oversight mechanisms.

  2. Assess Each Agentic Top 10 Risk:

    • ASI01 Agent Goal Hijack — Hidden prompts, instruction override, silent exfiltration via copilot patterns
    • ASI02 Tool Misuse — Legitimate tools bent into destructive outputs, tool parameter manipulation
    • ASI03 Identity & Privilege Abuse — Leaked credentials, excessive permissions, agent operating beyond scope
    • ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain — Poisoned MCP/A2A components, runtime component tampering, dynamic ecosystem risks
    • ASI05 Unexpected Code Execution — Natural language execution paths leading to RCE, code generation vulnerabilities
    • ASI06 Memory & Context Poisoning — Long-term behavior manipulation via memory attacks, context window exploits
    • ASI07 Insecure Inter-Agent Communication — Spoofed messages, man-in-the-middle between agents, cluster misdirection
    • ASI08 Cascading Failures — False signals propagating through automated pipelines, escalating impact chains
    • ASI09 Human-Agent Trust Exploitation — Confident misleading explanations, social engineering of human operators
    • ASI10 Rogue Agents — Misalignment, concealment, self-directed action, emergent harmful behavior
  3. Synthesize Findings — Assign severity based on exploitability and deployment context. Provide code locations, configuration gaps, and concrete remediation.

Output

Architecture overview, risk matrix (all 10 categories with status), detailed findings using templates/finding.md, positive controls observed, and prioritized recommendations.

OWASP References

  • OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications 2026
  • OWASP GenAI Security Project
  • OWASP Agentic Security Initiative
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill agentic-ai-risk-assess
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