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AML.T0071
False RAG Entry Injection

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Generative AIAgentic AIDefense EvasionSource maturity: Demonstrated

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Adversaries may introduce false entries into a victim's retrieval augmented generation (RAG) database. Content designed to be interpreted as a document by the large language model (LLM) used in the RAG system is included in a data source being ingested into the RAG database. When a RAG entry containing the false document is retrieved, the LLM is tricked into treating part of the retrieved content as a false RAG result.

By including a false RAG document inside of a regular RAG entry, it bypasses data monitoring tools. It also prevents the document from being deleted directly.

The adversary may use discovered system keywords to learn how to instruct a particular LLM to treat content as a RAG entry. They may be able to manipulate the injected entry's metadata including document title, author, and creation date.

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