Prompt injection is an authorization problem, not a prompt problem

Michael Agnassia · 2026-06-18 · ai

Treating prompt injection as a wording problem leads to brittle systems. The durable fix is the same as any other untrusted input: never let it reach a capability directly.

Controls that hold

  • One credential per task, scoped to the minimum it needs.
  • Untrusted content never lands in the instruction channel.
  • Destructive actions require a human approval gate.
  • Every tool call is logged with its input and the model decision behind it.

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