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AWS Fixes Data Exfiltration Attack Angle in Amazon Q for Business

A few weeks ago Amazon released the Preview of Amazon Q for Business, and after looking at it I found a data exfiltration angle via rendering markdown/hyperlinks and reported it to Amazon. Amazon reacted quickly and mitigated the problem. This post shares further details and how it was fixed. The Problem An Indirect Prompt Injection attack can cause the LLM to return markdown tags. This allows an

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Source category
Research & news
Report title
AWS Fixes Data Exfiltration Attack Angle in Amazon Q for Business
First reported
Jan 18, 2024 11:00 UTC
Last reported
Jan 18, 2024 11:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC
Record ID
9b07bc314216b154346087f250a5a748b53b7c5deaede3d737d8e97ec3f36301

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src_c25d91fa3ad9ae9ac7

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Jan 18, 2024 11:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC

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