Running the scorecard
The 10 categories
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ASI01 | Agent Goal Hijack | Manipulating agent goals through direct or indirect instruction injection |
| ASI02 | Tool Misuse & Exploitation | Agents misusing legitimate tools due to injection or misalignment |
| ASI03 | Identity & Privilege Abuse | Exploiting inherited credentials, delegated permissions, or agent trust |
| ASI04 | Agentic Supply Chain Compromise | Compromised third-party models, tools, plugins, or MCP servers |
| ASI05 | Unexpected Code Execution | Agents generating and executing code without sandboxing |
| ASI06 | Memory & Context Poisoning | Injecting malicious content into agent memory or vector databases |
| ASI07 | Insecure Inter-Agent Communication | Compromised agents sending malicious instructions to other agents |
| ASI08 | Cascading Agent Failures | Failure in one agent causing downstream errors across the system |
| ASI09 | Human-Agent Trust Exploitation | Exploiting human over-reliance on AI agents to bypass oversight |
| ASI10 | Rogue Agents | Agents pursuing goals misaligned with human intent |
Attack mappings
ai-blackteam maps its agent exploitation attacks to these categories:| ai-blackteam Attack | ASI Categories |
|---|---|
agent-credential-theft | ASI02, ASI03 |
agent-data-exfiltration | ASI02, ASI03 |
agent-command-injection | ASI02, ASI05 |
agent-config-discovery | ASI03 |
indirect-injection | ASI01 |
xpia-document, xpia-email, xpia-rag | ASI01, ASI06 |
mcp-tool-poisoning | ASI04, ASI01 |
mcp-rug-pull | ASI04 |
mcp-command-injection | ASI05, ASI01 |
mcp-data-exfiltration | ASI02, ASI03 |
mcp-server-impersonation | ASI04, ASI07 |
agent-session-smuggling | ASI03, ASI07 |
agent-collusion | ASI07 |
agent-impersonation | ASI07 |
cascading-jailbreak | ASI08 |
agent-delegation-abuse | ASI03 |
self-refine-attack | ASI10 |
self-propagating-worm | ASI07, ASI08 |
model-poisoning, dataset-poisoning | ASI04 |
plugin-backdoor | ASI04 |
skeleton-key, crescendo, emotional-manipulation | ASI09 |
context-manipulation | ASI06 |
context-window-stuffing | ASI06 |