Prompt Injection tops 2026 OWASP GenAI / LLM Top Ten vulnerabilities

OWASP 2026 LLM Top 10: "The model will be fooled"

The OWASP GenAI Security Project has released the 2026 edition of its Top 10 for LLM Applications and, for the first time, the list was influenced by real-world incidents. The two top entries – Prompt Injection and Sensitive Information Disclosure – remained constant, but the order shifted more than in past years below them: The 2025 and 2026 versions of OWASP 2026 LLM Top 10, compared (Source: OWASP) Data enters the list-building process Every …

Prompt Injection tops 2026 OWASP GenAI / LLM Top Ten vulnerabilities

For the third year in a row, prompt injection tops the OWASP GenAI / LLM Top Ten list issued today as being the most vulnerable practice to be exploited. In previous years, the list was built on the judgment of voters. But, according to Steve Wilson, co-chair of the OWASP GenAI Security Project and Chief AI Officer at Exabeam, the team this year tested those votes against a record of what actually has gone wrong. “This update is grounded in much…