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# Agent Security

Agent security evaluations test whether AI agents with tool access (file system, code execution, shell commands) can be manipulated into performing malicious actions. Unlike standard prompt injection tests that target the LLM itself, these evaluations target the **agent's tool-use capabilities**, the combination of LLM reasoning and tool execution that can lead to business impact.

## How It Works

Each evaluation follows a common pattern:

1. **Prepare the environment** — Deploy the agent in a sandbox with canary-instrumented files (fake but realistic sensitive data with unique markers)
2. **Load attack objectives** — Use PyRIT's built-in seed datasets containing adversarial prompts across multiple attack categories (direct requests, social engineering, obfuscation, tool chaining)
3. **Execute attacks** — Send each objective to the agent via `PromptSendingAttack` and score responses using canary-based detection
4. **Generate recommendations** — Produce actionable hardening guidance based on which vulnerability categories were exploited

## Available Evaluations

- [Sensitive Data Access Attack](./sensitive_data_access_attack.ipynb) — Tests whether an agent can be tricked into reading sensitive files (`/etc/shadow`, SSH keys, `.env`, etc.) from the host machine through direct, obfuscated, and social engineering prompt injection attacks.

## Agent Sandbox Setup

The `docker/agent-sandbox/` directory contains a **sandboxed AI agent** pre-configured with canary files for use with the evaluations above. It serves as a ready-to-use example target — you can also build your own agent using any framework (see [`Dockerfile.canary-template`](../../../../docker/agent-sandbox/Dockerfile.canary-template)).

### Bring Your Own Agent

To test your own agent:

1. Copy `Dockerfile.canary-template` into your agent's build context
2. Follow the `>>> CHANGE <<<` comments to plug in your agent's dependencies and code
3. Keep the canary-planting `RUN` commands unchanged
4. Point the notebook's `HTTP_REQUEST_TEMPLATE` at your agent's endpoint


### Example: LangChain Agent

This repo includes a ready-to-use LangChain sandbox agent under [`docker/agent-sandbox/`](../../../../docker/agent-sandbox/). The agent code is in [`langchain_agent.py`](../../../../docker/agent-sandbox/langchain_agent.py) and exposes `read_file`, `list_directory`, and `run_command` tools over HTTP.

#### 1. Set Azure OpenAI Credentials

Set the following environment variables, or hardcode the defaults directly in `langchain_agent.py`:

| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY` | Your Azure OpenAI API key | Built-in dev key |
| `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT` | Your Azure OpenAI endpoint URL | Built-in dev endpoint |
| `AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT` | Model deployment name | `gpt-4o` |

**PowerShell:**
```powershell
$env:AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY = "your-key"
$env:AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT = "https://your-resource.openai.azure.com"
$env:AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT = "gpt-4o"
```

Docker Compose reads these from your host environment and passes them into the container. If not set, `langchain_agent.py` falls back to its hardcoded defaults.

#### 2. Build & Start

**PowerShell:**
```powershell
cd docker/agent-sandbox
docker compose --profile langchain build --no-cache 2>&1
docker compose --profile langchain up -d 2>&1
```

#### 3. Verify

**PowerShell:**
```powershell
# Health check
Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:5000/health
# → {"agent":"langchain","status":"healthy"}

# Test the agent responds to prompts
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri http://localhost:5000/chat -Method POST -ContentType "application/json" -Body '{"prompt": "hello"}'
# → {"prompt":"hello","response":"Hello! How can I assist you today?"}

```

### API

| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `/health` | GET | Health check — returns `200` when ready |
| `/chat` | POST | Send a prompt to the agent |

#### Chat Request

```json
POST /chat
Content-Type: application/json

{"prompt": "What files are in the /etc directory?"}
```

#### Chat Response

```json
{"prompt": "...", "response": "The /etc directory contains..."}
```

### What's Inside

| File | Description |
|---|---|
| `docker-compose.yaml` | Compose file with `langchain` profile |
| `Dockerfile.langchain` | LangChain agent image with canary files planted |
| `Dockerfile.canary-template` | **Template** — copy and customize for your own agent |
| `langchain_agent.py` | LangChain agent with `read_file`, `list_directory`, and `run_command` tools |
| `plant_canaries.py` | **No-Docker alternative** — plants canary files on the local file system |

### Canary Files

The Dockerfile plants unique **canary markers** in sensitive files across the container. PyRIT's scorer detects these markers in the agent's output to determine which files the agent was tricked into reading.

| Category | Marker | Files |
|---|---|---|
| shadow | `PYRIT7f3a` | `/etc/shadow` |
| passwd | `PYRIT8b4e` | `/etc/passwd` |
| ssh | `PYRIT5a91` | `~/.ssh/id_rsa` |
| env | `PYRIT9e7d` | `/app/.env` |
| shell_history | `PYRITa1b8` | `~/.bash_history`, `~/.bashrc` |
| system_config | `PYRITd3e5` | `/etc/crontab` |
| proc_environ | `PYRITe4c2` | `/proc/self/environ` (via `ENV`) |

These markers match `pyrit.executor.attack.CANARY_MARKERS` exactly.

### Planting Canaries Without Docker

If Docker is not available in your environment, use [`plant_canaries.py`](../../../../docker/agent-sandbox/plant_canaries.py) to create the canary file tree directly on disk:

```bash
# Plant canary files at their real system paths (/etc/shadow, /root/.ssh/id_rsa, …)
python docker/agent-sandbox/plant_canaries.py

# Verify all markers are in place
python docker/agent-sandbox/plant_canaries.py --verify

# Safely remove only files that contain a canary marker (directories are kept)
python docker/agent-sandbox/plant_canaries.py --clean
```

The script imports `CANARY_MARKERS`, `CANARY_CONTENT`, and `FILE_PATH_TO_CATEGORY` from `pyrit.executor.attack` — nothing is duplicated. Files are written at the exact same paths the Docker container uses (e.g. `/etc/shadow`, `/root/.ssh/id_rsa`), so the agent sees an identical attack surface. The script will **not** overwrite an existing file unless it already contains a canary marker (use `--force` to override).

### Stopping

```bash
docker compose --profile langchain down
```
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