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MCP Tool Poisoning in Agentic AI Frameworks: A Cross-Framework Measurement Study
arXiv cs.AI · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- Researchers measured MCP tool poisoning attacks across twelve agentic AI frameworks, finding 22.9% overall attack success rate with real tool execution.
- Why it matters
- Engineers building or deploying agentic systems using Model Context Protocol need to understand poisoning risks from untrusted tool providers and external data sources.
- Watch out
- No framework implements intentional defense mechanisms; vendors rejected all five coordinated disclosures, suggesting slow security response in this emerging area.
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