Data Exfiltration Vulnerabilities in LLM Applications and Chatbots: Bing Chat, ChatGPT, and Claude
This report examines how Indirect Prompt Injection attacks can enable adversaries to inject malicious instructions into large language model (LLM) applications like Bing Chat, ChatGPT, and Claude, leading to potential data exfiltration vulnerabilities.

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1.9K views • Aug 27, 2023

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During an Indirect Prompt Injection attack an adversary can inject malicious instructions to have a large language model (LLM) application (such as a chat bot) send data off to other servers on the Internet.
In this video we discuss three techniques for data exfiltration, including proof-of-concepts I responsibly disclosed to OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic, a plugin vendor, and how the vendors responded and addressed the issues.
Detailed write up of each scenario and bug report:
* Microsoft - Bing Chat (fixed): https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2023/bing-chat-data-exfiltration-poc-and-fix/
* Anthropic - Claude (fixed): https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2023/anthropic-fixes-claude-data-exfiltration-via-images/
* Plugin Vendor Email Exfiltration (fixed): https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2023/chatgpt-cross-plugin-request-forgery-and-prompt-injection./
* OpenAI - ChatGPT (won't fix): https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2023/chatgpt-webpilot-data-exfil-via-markdown-injection/
In this video we discuss three techniques for data exfiltration, including proof-of-concepts I responsibly disclosed to OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic, a plugin vendor, and how the vendors responded and addressed the issues.
Detailed write up of each scenario and bug report:
* Microsoft - Bing Chat (fixed): https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2023/bing-chat-data-exfiltration-poc-and-fix/
* Anthropic - Claude (fixed): https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2023/anthropic-fixes-claude-data-exfiltration-via-images/
* Plugin Vendor Email Exfiltration (fixed): https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2023/chatgpt-cross-plugin-request-forgery-and-prompt-injection./
* OpenAI - ChatGPT (won't fix): https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2023/chatgpt-webpilot-data-exfil-via-markdown-injection/
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