Description

An LLM system is given excessive functionality, permissions or autonomy to perform actions without sufficient oversight.

Impact

- Unauthorized access or data modification.
- System misuse (e.g., sending emails, deleting files).
- Bypassing business rules or user consent.

Recommendation

- Implement human-in-the-loop controls for delicate operations (e.g., deleting or sending information).
- Limit privileges granted to the LLM application.

Threat

Authenticated attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 60 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: L
• Attack complexity: H
• Privileges required: H
• User interaction: R
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: L
• Integrity: L
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code maturity: P
• Remediation level: U
• Report confidence: C

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
• Score:
• Base: 2.9
• Temporal: 2.8
• Severity:
• Base: Low
• Temporal: Low

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

• Attack vector: L
• Attack complexity: H
• Attack Requirements: N
• Privileges required: H
• User interaction: A
• Confidentiality (VC): L
• Integrity (VI): L
• Availability (VA): N
• Confidentiality (SC): N
• Integrity (SI): N
• Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

• Exploit maturity: P

Result 4.0

• Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
• Score:
• CVSS-BT: 0.3
• Severity:
• CVSS-BT: Low

Compliant code

Non compliant code

Requirements

• 186.Use the principle of least privilege
• 382.Human in the loop

Fixes

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