OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications
The OWASP GenAI Security Project's list of the ten most critical security risks for AI agents, from agent goal hijack and tool misuse to memory poisoning and rogue agents, with attack scenarios and mitigations for each.
Access and use
A free PDF from the OWASP GenAI Security Project page, downloadable without signing in. The 2026 edition was published on 9 December 2025. Risks are numbered ASI01 to ASI10 and mapped to OWASP's Agentic AI Threats and Mitigations guide. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who it is for
Teams that build, deploy or review AI agents and want a shared list of risks to check designs and controls against.
What we checked
- Last checked
- Source read
- genai.owasp.org/resource/owasp-top-10-for-agentic-applications-for-2026
- How it was checked
- Official page and PDF reviewed; not independently tested
Entry details
- Official link
- genai.owasp.org/resource/owasp-top-10-for-agentic-applications-for-2026
- Group
- Security and governance
- Added to Gearlist
- Gearlist id
owasp-agentic-top-10- Markdown
- /tools/owasp-agentic-top-10.md
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