OWASP Gen AI Security for LLM Application
The OWASP Foundation, known for its "Top 10" lists of critical web application security risks, has extended its focus to the rapidly evolving landscape of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI. They have developed the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications (and more broadly, the OWASP Gen AI Security Project ) to address the unique security challenges posed by these technologies. Here are the key security risks identified by OWASP for LLM and GenAI projects (as per the 2025 updates): OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications (2025) LLM01: Prompt Injection: This is the most critical risk. Attackers manipulate the LLM's input prompts to alter its behavior, potentially causing it to generate misleading, harmful, or unauthorized outputs, or even to perform actions beyond its intended scope. This can be direct (overwriting system prompts) or indirect (injecting malicious data into external sources the LLM processes). LLM02: Sensitive Information Disclosure: LLMs can unintention...
