Defending LLM Agents Against Parameter Poisoning
LLM agents
Researchers analyze parameter poisoning vulnerabilities where indirect prompt injection alters tool arguments while preserving intended actions. The attack manipulates task-critical values without introducing new tool calls.
why this severityDemonstrated research study with no known real-world exploitation.
- first report
- 4 Nov 2026
- last update
- 4 Nov 2026
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2026-11-04Right Tool, Wrong Parameters: Defending LLM Agents Against Parameter PoisoningarXiv · arxiv.org/abs/2611.04673
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Classification
- lane
- Research
- AI role
- Attack on AI
- categories
- Agent hijackPrompt injection
- severity
- 1 · Research / proof of concept
- targets
- Framework / tooling, Enterprise deployment
- owasp llm top 10
- LLM01:2025 Prompt InjectionLLM06:2025 Excessive Agency
- dates
- happened 4 Nov 2026 · first reported 4 Nov 2026
- origin
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- record
- confidence 0.90 · created 2026-11-04 15:36Z · updated 2026-11-04 15:36Z
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# Defending LLM Agents Against Parameter Poisoning https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/defending-llm-agents-against-parameter-poisoning · AIR-2026-1761 · live - Lane: Research - Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept): Demonstrated research study with no known real-world exploitation. - Fix status: Fix status unknown - First reported: 2026-11-04 - AI role: Attack on AI - Products: LLM agents ## Summary Researchers analyze parameter poisoning vulnerabilities where indirect prompt injection alters tool arguments while preserving intended actions. The attack manipulates task-critical values without introducing new tool calls. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2026-11-04: Right Tool, Wrong Parameters: Defending LLM Agents Against Parameter Poisoning (https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.04673) ## Sources - 2026-11-04 arXiv: Right Tool, Wrong Parameters: Defending LLM Agents Against Parameter Poisoning https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.04673 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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