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Expanded the ASI07 Insecure Inter-Agent Communication document with comprehensive vulnerability analysis and mitigation strategies.

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  • Added detailed description explaining the unique challenges of securing inter-agent communications
  • Included 6 comprehensive vulnerability examples spanning OSI layers 2-7
  • Added detailed prevention and mitigation strategies
  • Included 6 realistic attack scenarios
  • Added references to MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF, Byzantine fault tolerance research, and protocol documentation

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AMAZING WORK
I have left a few minor comments, the most important of them is the lack of mapping to former OWASP frameworks (see in the comment)

stefanoamorelli added a commit to stefanoamorelli/www-project-top-10-for-large-language-model-applications that referenced this pull request Oct 8, 2025
- Add Reference Links section mapping ASI07 to OWASP Top 10 for LLMs (LLM01, LLM03-06), Agentic AI Threats, and AIVSS
- Add Example 7 on Agent Identity Impersonation and Spoofing Attacks
- Add Scenario G demonstrating identity spoofing in healthcare multi-agent system
- Add mention of data exposure between agents with different permission levels
- Update reference titles for accuracy (Byzantine Fault Tolerance, Resilient Consensus)
- Reorganize references into single numbered list following ASI document format

Addresses feedback from @itskerenkatz in PR OWASP#729
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Thanks a lot for your review @itskerenkatz, I've addressed your feedback!

@stefanoamorelli stefanoamorelli force-pushed the update-asi07-insecure-inter-agent-communication branch from 41e0be3 to 940e0d7 Compare November 27, 2025 12:58
stefanoamorelli added a commit to stefanoamorelli/www-project-top-10-for-large-language-model-applications that referenced this pull request Nov 27, 2025
- Add Reference Links section mapping ASI07 to OWASP Top 10 for LLMs (LLM01, LLM03-06), Agentic AI Threats, and AIVSS
- Add Example 7 on Agent Identity Impersonation and Spoofing Attacks
- Add Scenario G demonstrating identity spoofing in healthcare multi-agent system
- Add mention of data exposure between agents with different permission levels
- Update reference titles for accuracy (Byzantine Fault Tolerance, Resilient Consensus)
- Reorganize references into single numbered list following ASI document format

Addresses feedback from @itskerenkatz in PR OWASP#729
Aligns ASI07 with the official OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications
2026 [1]. Replaces the placeholder template with finalized content.

Covers T12 (Agent Communication Poisoning) and T16 (Insecure Inter-Agent
Protocol Abuse) from Agentic Threats and Mitigations. Adds attack
scenarios for MCP descriptor poisoning and A2A registration spoofing.

[1]: https://genai.owasp.org/resource/owasp-top-10-for-agentic-applications-for-2026/
@stefanoamorelli stefanoamorelli force-pushed the update-asi07-insecure-inter-agent-communication branch from 940e0d7 to fcb26ba Compare December 16, 2025 20:02
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@itskerenkatz I've updated this PR with the final content of the entry as discussed.

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