MITRE ATLAStechnique
AML.T0080 AI Agent Context Poisoning
- Tactics
- Persistence
- Created
- 2025-09-30
Description
Adversaries may attempt to manipulate the context used by an AI agent's large language model (LLM) to influence the responses it generates or actions it takes. This allows an adversary to persistently change the behavior of the target agent and further their goals.
Context poisoning can be accomplished by prompting the an LLM to add instructions or preferences to memory (See Memory) or by simply prompting an LLM that uses prior messages in a thread as part of its context (See Thread).
Related
Tactic · MITRE ATLAS (1)
- AML.TA0006 Persistence tactic
Referenced by MITRE ATLAS · mitigates (1)
- AML.M0031 Memory Hardening mitigation
Referenced by MITRE ATLAS · subtechnique of (2)
- AML.T0080.000 Memory sub-technique
- AML.T0080.001 Thread sub-technique