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Severity: MediumResearchData exfiltration

Benign tools chained into a data-exfiltration path

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Research demonstrates that individually harmless tools — a file reader, a templating helper, and an outbound HTTP fetch — can be chained by a manipulated agent to stage and exfiltrate sensitive data. No single tool was vulnerable in isolation.

What to do

Monitor sequences of tool calls, not just individual calls, and apply egress controls so an agent cannot freely combine read access with outbound network reach.

#tool chaining#data exfiltration#behavioural monitoring