Prompt injection drives agent escapes via over-scoped tokens and open egress

The author argues that real-world AI agent escapes are driven by common infrastructure oversights—such as over-scoped tokens, open egress paths, control plane access, and shared state—rather than sci-fi model behavior. Prompt injections can easily push agents through these vulnerabilities without requiring any intent from the model. Securing agent deployments requires implementing default-deny egress, stripping ambient credentials, and locking down configuration files. Open article →