OWASP LLM Top 10: the 10 critical vulnerabilities in AI applications
In one sentence OWASP publishes version 1.0 of its Top 10 for LLM applications: ten risk categories, from prompt injection to insecure output handling, chosen with input from almost 500 experts.
OWASP is the organization that has published lists of the most dangerous software vulnerabilities for twenty years. In 2023 they did the same for AI-based applications, cataloguing the 10 most relevant risk categories for anyone building products with LLMs.
The list starts with prompt injection at the top, runs through training data poisoning and insecure plugin design, and ends with excessive dependence on AI output without human verification. Each entry comes with example attack scenarios and mitigation strategies.
For development teams it is a handy reference: before shipping an app built on an LLM, you can run through this list the same way you use the classic OWASP Top 10 for web.
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