Compromised agent runtime

Host or process compromise can bypass model-level instructions and steal local credentials.

01 / Attack path

How the boundary is crossed

An attacker gains code execution in the container running an infrastructure agent and directly calls the cloud API.

Attack path and interception point
  1. 01Lower-trust input
  2. 02Attempted instruction
  3. 03Protected action
  4. 04Enforced decision

02 / Containment

Where bounded authority limits the effect

Use workload isolation, short-lived least-privilege credentials and an enforcement check at the cloud operation boundary independent of the model loop.

03 / Failure and evidence

The attacker’s opportunity and the defender’s record

Exploit condition

A tool wrapper is bypassed because the compromised process can reach the API with its underlying credential.

Evidence to retain

Record workload identity, process and egress telemetry, cloud decision and resulting resource state.

04 / Canonical scope

Why this reference stands alone

Rogue agent execution concerns unauthorized registration; this page assumes a trusted runtime was compromised.

Protocol or attack trace

Wrapper-bypass compromise

Sequence

Attacker executes code inside authorized agent container and calls cloud API directly, skipping model tool wrapper.

Negative test

Cloud operation boundary still denies action without task-bound authority for the exact resource.

Primary references

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