Analysis
Prompt Injection | OWASP GenAI Security Project Security Glossary
Publication date unknown · Discovered owasp.org
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Publication date unknown · First observed: 9 Nov 2026
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Single-source analysis — one report is available.
Why it matters
OWASP’s glossary helps defenders understand how untrusted content can influence agent behavior and why limiting permissions and requiring approval for consequential actions reduce exposure.
OWASP’s prompt-injection glossary entry explains direct and indirect injection, including how malicious instructions in retrieved content can induce agents to disclose information or perform unauthorized actions. The reference outlines mitigations such as least privilege, input/output validation, human approval, and prompt hardening; it does not disclose a new exploit or specific incident.