RAG retrieval or citation resolver crosses tenant boundaries
Search filters, chunk retrieval or citation download omit an ownership decision required for the effective caller.
Candidate CWE: CWE-863
Test hypothesis#
Seed A/B private markers; verify owner access and cross-tenant direct denial. As A query for B’s subject without including its secret marker, then compare returned chunk IDs, answer text and citation download.
Evidence required#
Authenticated A context, B document ownership, exact retrieval/resolver path and exposed synthetic content. Distinguish internal retrieval from user-visible disclosure.
Rule out false positives#
Intentionally shared corpora, marker echo from the query and ingestion failures are not tenant-isolation proof.
Playbook and command references#
- RAG isolation: ingestion, retrieval, citations and revocation — Trace document authorization through vector search, generated answers, citation downloads, caches and sharing changes.
- Object, function, and property authorization — Turn identities, tenants, objects, roles, and lifecycle transitions into a reproducible permission matrix.
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Referenced by these target playbooks#
Report checklist#
- Capture the affected version, configuration, identities, and object ownership.
- Preserve a valid baseline and a negative control.
- Reproduce the forbidden data access, action, or state change on controlled fixtures.
- Explain the intended security rule and why the observed behavior violates it.
- State prerequisites, uncertainty, cleanup, and the smallest demonstrated impact.
Conditional ATT&CK mapping#
No direct ATT&CK mapping selected. Record the weakness and demonstrated impact without forcing an adversary-behavior classification. See the mapping guide.