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LLM agents vulnerable to unauthorized tool access; new proxy offers 0% UIR

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A new research paper highlights a critical security vulnerability in large language models (LLMs) when they function as autonomous agents. The study found that models like Qwen 2.5 7B, Llama-3.1:8b, and Claude Haiku 3.5 frequently select unauthorized tools, even when explicitly instructed not to. Researchers developed a governed MCP proxy system that enforces access control at both tool discovery and invocation stages, successfully reducing the unauthorized invocation rate to 0% across all tested models with minimal overhead. AI

IMPACT Highlights critical security flaws in LLM agent architectures, necessitating architectural enforcement over prompt-based controls for tool access.

RANK_REASON Research paper published on arXiv detailing a security vulnerability in LLM agents and proposing a solution. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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LLM agents vulnerable to unauthorized tool access; new proxy offers 0% UIR

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Rohith Uppala ·

    Prompts Don't Protect: Architectural Enforcement via MCP Proxy for LLM Tool Access Control

    arXiv:2605.18414v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language models increasingly operate as autonomous agents that select and invoke tools from large registries. We identify a critical gap: when unauthorized tools are visible in an agent's context, models select them …

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