T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation
Warning
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examples/3p-weekly-report.md:15- Finding
Overbroad Access to Internal Sources When Generating 3P Reports
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Obtain the required information from available sources whenever possible: > > - **Internal messaging**: Team members' project updates, preferably posts in large groups with many replies > - **Documents**: Highly viewed documents written by key team members > - **Email**: Relevant email threads with many replies > - **Calendar**: Important non-routine meetings, such as product reviews > > Attempt to gather as much context as possible, focusing on the reporting period: > > - Progress: Content from one week ago through today > - Plans: Content from today through the following week > - Problems: Content from one week ago through today The excerpt above is an English translation of the complete instruction segment at the cited location. ### Technical Analysis The template directs the Agent to search internal messaging, documents, email, and calendar data and to gather “as much context as possible.” Access is conditioned primarily on tool availability rather than explicit user authorization or a narrowly defined business scope. The instructions do not require the user to identify approved channels, mailboxes, document repositories, project identifiers, or individual records. They also do not exclude private messages, confidential documents, restricted meetings, executive communications, personal information, or information unrelated to the requested report. This violates least-privilege and data-minimization principles at the task-authorization level. The Agent might possess valid technical access through an integration while lacking a legitimate need to inspect every source reachable through that integration. ### Attack Path 1. A user asks the Agent to prepare a 3P weekly report for a team. 2. ...[truncated 1403 chars]- Remediation
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