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Sergey Mechtaev

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Book Open access Sep 2026

Authority Is Not a String: A Capability-Scoped Harness for Prompt-Injection-Resistant Coding Agents

Coding agents use system-level tools to read files, execute commands, and modify source code. Within the agent’s sandbox, these tools often carry ambient authority: naming a resource is sufficient to act on it. Indirect prompt injection exploits this authority by placing instructions in repository files or tool output...

D. S. Bouras, Yi-Han Dai, Sergey Mechtaev · 3 citations

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