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incidents/AIR-2026-1395

Authorization-Grounded Workflow Attacks on Tool-Using Agents

Attack on AI1 Research / proof of conceptAgent hijack

Researchers demonstrated a workflow attack against tool-using language model agents that bypasses explicit policy overrides by routing through coherent approval steps. The technique was evaluated as part of the OpenClaw Agent Security Attack Competition.

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Agent hijack
    An AI agent is tricked into unauthorized actions: tool misuse, data exfiltration through the agent, or acting against its principal.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
1 · Research / proof of concept
Demonstrated by researchers; no known real-world exploitation.
targets
Enterprise deployment, Framework / tooling
products
OpenClaw
incident date
19 Oct 2026
first reported
19 Oct 2026
origin
News & research feeds
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
workflow-attack · authorization · agent-security · tool-use
record
created 2026-10-19 05:07Z · updated 2026-10-19 05:07Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-10-19
    When Approval Becomes Execution: Authorization-Grounded Workflow Attacks on Tool-Using Agents
    arXiv · arxiv.org/abs/2610.23077

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