OWASP Drops Bombshell Top 10 Risks for Agentic AI – Your Next Coding Nightmare Just Got Smarter
OWASP just unleashed its first-ever Top 10 list for agentic AI applications, spotlighting the wild new dangers of autonomous AI agents that think, plan, and act on their own. At the same time, CISA and MITRE rolled out the 2025 Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses, arming devs with a hit list of flaws to dodge.
The Nitty-Gritty Details
Agentic AI isn’t your grandma’s chatbot – these are self-running systems that execute workflows with minimal human input, and OWASP’s “Top 10 for Agentic Applications 2026” calls out killers like goal hijacking (where bad actors twist the AI’s objectives) and tool misuse (letting the AI wield dangerous functions unchecked). Think prompt injections leaking credit cards via Microsoft Copilot Studio or web flaws popping up in Model Context Protocol servers.
Over on the software side, CISA’s 2025 Top 25 from MITRE flags the worst vulnerabilities devs keep shipping, urging smarter security decisions. Meanwhile, pro-Russia hacktivists like Cyber Army of Russia Reborn are hitting critical infrastructure – energy, water, food – via sloppy VNC connections on OT networks. And NCSC updated cert guidance for shorter lifetimes and auto-management to kill human errors.
Why Devs Should Sweat This
If you’re building or deploying agentic AI, this OWASP list is your wake-up call – ignore it, and your “smart” agent could become a hacker’s puppet, turning hygiene slips into global breaches. Even non-AI coders: CISA’s Top 25 means prioritizing those weaknesses now, or your React app (remember 600K exposed sites?) joins the vulnerability scrapheap. Bottom line: secure your tools, or watch autonomous AI amplify your bugs into chaos.
Final Take
Agentic AI is the future, but OWASP just mapped the minefield – patch your mindset, follow these lists, and build secure from day zero. Devs, time to level up before the agents outsmart us all.
