Agentic AI is being adopted fast by enterprises, propelled by an explosion of use cases, but security, as always, is lagging. The OWASP Top 10 for Agentic AI can help close that gap.

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The OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications 2026 identifies critical security risks in autonomous AI systems that can access data, use tools, and execute tasks. The framework covers ten major threats including agent goal hijacking, tool misuse, privilege abuse, supply chain vulnerabilities, unexpected code execution, memory poisoning, insecure inter-agent communication, cascading failures, trust exploitation, and rogue agents. Each risk includes practical mitigation strategies and threat models to help security leaders assess programs, identify gaps, and implement controls. The initiative addresses the urgent need for security guidance as enterprises rapidly adopt agentic AI, often without IT oversight, creating unprecedented risk levels beyond traditional chatbot vulnerabilities.

Managing agentic AI risk: Lessons from the OWASP Top 10