Indirect Prompt Injection
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1698
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"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1698",
"title": "Indirect Prompt Injection",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1698",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--2e45d340-f00b-4bd6-b5c9-c2ef54b8894c",
"external_id": "T1698",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2026-09-18T17:35:02.066Z",
"modified": "2026-10-12T19:53:57.228Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"execution"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Palo Alto Indirect Prompt Injection ITW",
"url": "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/ai-agent-prompt-injection/"
},
{
"source_name": "GTIG AI Threats Sep 2026",
"url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/from-prompting-to-autonomy-the-evolution-of-adversarial-ai"
},
{
"source_name": "NIST indirect prompt injection",
"url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/indirect_prompt_injection"
},
{
"source_name": "Snyk Indirect Prompt Injection",
"url": "https://snyk.io/blog/cline-supply-chain-attack-prompt-injection-github-actions/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1698
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1729fe56-66f8-4ac8-b579-f171c5a8d834
ATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1698
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2b8522af-942b-4781-aee5-3687786c7f49
ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1698
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--478e8052-1c7c-4852-b07c-34509e302393
ATTACK:enterprise:M1030 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1698
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b7c5abca-63d7-4ea0-8403-cadf61f4916a
ATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1698
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e16e3de0-fa2c-490b-8cbb-df29c4c438ec
ATTACK:enterprise:M1017 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1698
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fead3aa3-33ff-4355-a0fa-91bfd5bb61b5