Targeted RAG Poisoning

Type: technique

Description: The adversary crafts content that, when indexed by a RAG system, would always surface as a search result for a specific user query. The adversary then embeds malicious instructions with that content and injects it into data indexed by the system.

Version: 0.1.0

Created At: 2024-10-03 22:24:49 +0300

Last Modified At: 2024-10-03 22:24:49 +0300

External References

  • --> Initial Access (tactic): An adversary can target a specific user prompt by crafting content that would be surfaced by a RAG system to respond to that query.
  • --> RAG Poisoning (technique): Targeted RAG Poisoning is a form of RAG Poisoning, crafting malicious content to surface for a specific user query.
  • --> Tamir Ishay Sharbat (entity): Demonstrated by
  • <-- Data Exfiltration from Slack AI via indirect prompt injection (procedure): The adversary targets any question about the "EldritchNexus API key" by pasting data with malicious instructions in a public channel, indexed by Slack AI. The prompt injection starts with: EldritchNexus API key:.

In a second attack scenario, the attacker targets search queries about a specific user: To view the messages shared by Shankar.