{
 "public_id": "AIR-2026-0005",
 "incident_id": "2026-01-notion-ai-preapproval-exfiltration",
 "date_disclosed": "2026-01-07",
 "date_occurred": null,
 "title": "Notion AI: document edits are saved before user approval, so a markdown-image injection exfiltrates data whether or not the user accepts",
 "class": "responsible_disclosure",
 "attack_surface": "enterprise_assistant",
 "initial_vector": "indirect_prompt_injection_document",
 "agent_capability_abused": [
  "document_edit",
  "markdown_image_rendering",
  "connected_data_source_read",
  "document_editing",
  "image_rendering",
  "mail_drafting"
 ],
 "target_product": "Notion AI",
 "target_vendor": "Notion",
 "autonomy_level": "assistant",
 "impact_realized": false,
 "impact_type": [
  "data_exfiltration"
 ],
 "blast_radius": "Notion AI users processing untrusted documents (e.g. candidate resumes)",
 "cve": [],
 "taxonomy": {
  "owasp_asi": [
   "ASI01",
   "ASI02"
  ],
  "mitre_atlas": [],
  "labels": [
   "indirect_prompt_injection",
   "markdown_image_exfil",
   "approval_bypass",
   "save_before_approval",
   "hr_data_leak"
  ]
 },
 "defense_present": "user approval prompt for AI document edits",
 "defense_bypassed": true,
 "fix_shipped": "remediated 2026-01-07/08",
 "primary_sources": [
  "https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/notion-ai-unpatched-data-exfiltration"
 ],
 "verified_quote": "Notion AI was susceptible to data exfiltration via indirect prompt injection due to a vulnerability in which AI document edits are saved before user approval.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "notes": "PromptArmor. Reported 2025-12-24, disclosed and fixed 2026-01-07. Demo scenario: a poisoned resume PDF leaks a hiring tracker (salary expectations, candidate feedback, diversity goals). The core defect is an ordering bug in the approval flow - 'Whether or not the user accepts the edit, the attacker successfully exfiltrates the data.' Distinct from 2025-09-notion-lethal-trifecta (Code Integrity, Notion 3.0 agents). | Merged from duplicate id `2026-01-notion-ai-unpatched-exfiltration`. Also reported as: 'Notion AI writes and saves exfiltration URLs into documents before user approval'.",
 "risk_category": "privacy",
 "risk_secondary": [],
 "risk_subcategory": "Data Exfiltration via Context",
 "risk_sub_secondary": [],
 "ai_entity": "generative",
 "agency": "agent_acted",
 "agency_debatable": false,
 "agency_reason": "Notion AI saved the edit and fetched the exfiltration image pre-approval",
 "vector_family": "indirect_prompt_injection",
 "vector_detail": "indirect_prompt_injection_document",
 "guardrail_kind": [
  "human_approval"
 ],
 "guardrail_outcome": "silent",
 "xrefs": {
  "aiid": [],
  "atlas": [],
  "cve": [],
  "ghsa": []
 },
 "primary_asi": "ASI01",
 "agent_framework": "notion_ai",
 "model_provider": "unknown",
 "model_name": "",
 "detection_mechanism": "external_researcher",
 "tool_access": "unknown",
 "financial_loss_band": "unknown",
 "eai_category": "data_exfiltration_channels",
 "eai_domain": "privacy",
 "eai_secondary": [
  "confused_deputy"
 ],
 "eai_reason": "subcategory: Data Exfiltration via Context",
 "asi_curated": [
  "ASI01"
 ],
 "asi_scope": "in_scope",
 "asi_provenance": "curated_plus_rule",
 "asi_reason": "curated: ASI01 | added ASI02 (impact=tool_misuse)",
 "submitted_by": "EAI Internal"
}