OWASP Top 10 for LLMs
Vulnerability catalogueOWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2026 · OWASP GenAI Security Project
The released 2026 list changes the meaning and order of LLM03–LLM10 and introduces Hidden Context Exposure at LLM08. AITBM maps each current risk to evidence and test-selection targets; no risk class has an inherent AITBM anchor or generic ERS.
| OWASP LLM Risk | Primary AITBM Sub-Metrics | Evidence Use / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LLM01 Prompt Injection | Ro-1; Cn-1, Cn-2, Cn-3, Cn-6 | Injection, authority-escape, release-gate, and irreversible-action tests |
| LLM02 Sensitive Information Disclosure | Pr-1, Pr-2, Pr-3, Pr-4; Cn-3 | Leakage, inference, minimization, re-identification, and release evidence |
| LLM03 Excessive Agency | Cn-1, Cn-2, Cn-5, Cn-6, Cn-7; Aa | Authority, identity, approval, reversibility, budget, and autonomy evidence |
| LLM04 Supply Chain | Tr-4, Ro-4; ACI Pc; As, Rf | Artifact, dependency, provenance, supplier, and remediation evidence |
| LLM05 Data and Model Poisoning | Ro-4, Ro-2, Fa-3, Tr-3, Tr-4 | Release-bound poisoning, drift, representation, trace, and lineage tests |
| LLM06 Unbounded Consumption | Cn-7; As, Aa | BEC, RBVR, LTFR, GDSR, and deployment-context evidence |
| LLM07 Misinformation | Ro-3, Tr-1, Tr-2; Cn-3 | Factuality, consistency, explanation, calibration, and release validation |
| LLM08 Hidden Context Exposure | Pr-1, Cn-1, Cn-3; Tr-3 | Hidden-context extraction, deterministic access control, release, and audit tests |
| LLM09 Vector and Embedding Weaknesses | Ro-4, Pr-2, Pr-3, Pr-4, Cn-1; Tr-3, Tr-4 | Inversion, membership, poisoning, segregation, lifecycle, and provenance tests |
| LLM10 Improper Output Handling | Cn-3, Cn-1, Cn-6; Ro-1 | Sanitization, schema, sink-authorization, isolation, and action-gate tests |
Key findings
- All ten 2026 risks have a current evidence path; 2025 identifiers and generic risk-class ERS values are not carried forward.
- LLM06 Unbounded Consumption maps directly to Cn-7 aggregate resource and loop-containment measurements, while Aa and As remain deployment-specific.
- LLM08 Hidden Context Exposure never treats system-prompt secrecy as authorization; deterministic access and output controls must be tested independently.
- Fairness remains only partially represented in the Top 10, so applicable Fa-1–Fa-4 testing remains independent.