{
 "public_id": "AIR-2026-0088",
 "incident_id": "2026-04-csa-promptware-c2",
 "date_disclosed": "2026-04-06",
 "date_occurred": null,
 "title": "Promptware C2: using assistant memory and allowlisted AI platforms as command-and-control",
 "class": "research_demo",
 "attack_surface": "enterprise_assistant",
 "initial_vector": "indirect_prompt_injection_document",
 "agent_capability_abused": [
  "persistent_memory",
  "file_ingestion",
  "summarization_output_channel"
 ],
 "target_product": "ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Google Jules, Grok, Cursor",
 "target_vendor": "multiple",
 "autonomy_level": "assistant",
 "impact_realized": false,
 "impact_type": [
  "command_and_control",
  "data_exfiltration",
  "persistence"
 ],
 "blast_radius": "Assistants with persistent memory and routine file ingestion",
 "cve": [],
 "taxonomy": {
  "owasp_asi": [
   "ASI01",
   "ASI06",
   "ASI03"
  ],
  "mitre_atlas": [],
  "labels": [
   "c2",
   "memory_persistence",
   "living_off_trusted_services"
  ]
 },
 "defense_present": null,
 "defense_bypassed": null,
 "fix_shipped": null,
 "primary_sources": [
  "https://labs.cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/csa-research-note-promptware-c2-agent-exploitation-20260406/"
 ],
 "verified_quote": "By exploiting ChatGPT's memory persistence feature, an attacker could establish a beaconing agent without any dedicated infrastructure.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "notes": "CSA AI Safety Initiative research note. Names the technique class rather than a single vendor bug; also cites Unit 42's Dec 2025 in-the-wild IDPI detection as corroboration.",
 "risk_category": "security_fraud",
 "risk_secondary": [
  "privacy"
 ],
 "risk_subcategory": "Prompt Injection",
 "risk_sub_secondary": [
  "Persistence & Covert C2"
 ],
 "ai_entity": "generative",
 "agency": "agent_acted",
 "agency_debatable": false,
 "agency_reason": "the assistant persisted C2 instructions in memory and acted on them",
 "vector_family": "indirect_prompt_injection",
 "vector_detail": "indirect_prompt_injection_document",
 "guardrail_kind": [
  "unknown"
 ],
 "guardrail_outcome": "silent",
 "xrefs": {
  "aiid": [],
  "atlas": [],
  "cve": [],
  "ghsa": []
 },
 "primary_asi": "ASI01",
 "agent_framework": "unknown",
 "model_provider": "multiple",
 "model_name": "",
 "detection_mechanism": "external_researcher",
 "tool_access": "unknown",
 "financial_loss_band": "unknown",
 "eai_category": "privilege_escalation",
 "eai_domain": "access_control_and_permissions",
 "eai_secondary": [
  "data_exfiltration_channels",
  "confused_deputy"
 ],
 "eai_reason": "impact rule: privilege_escalation",
 "asi_curated": [
  "ASI01"
 ],
 "asi_scope": "in_scope",
 "asi_provenance": "curated_plus_rule",
 "asi_reason": "curated: ASI01 | added ASI06 (signal=memory), ASI03 (eai_category=privilege_escalation, no code execution)",
 "submitted_by": "EAI Internal"
}