A2a AttackTier 1critical
Agent-to-Agent Attack: Agent Impersonation
Attacks exploiting inter-agent communication trust
Agent-to-agent communication introduces trust boundaries that can be exploited. When agents accept instructions from other agents, impersonation becomes a critical threat.
Attack Details
- Attack ID
- APWN-A2A-001
- HMA Check
- A2A-001
- Delivery Methods
- html-comment
- CWE
- CWE-287
- OASB Control
- 8.1
- Severity
- critical
Remediation
If your AI agent is vulnerable to this attack, scan and fix with:
npx hackmyagent secure --check A2A-001