Risk
Unvetted Local / Endpoint Agents
Description
Coding assistants, agentic browsers, computer-use agents, and desktop MCP bridges are installed on developer and employee endpoints without security review or registration.
Example
Engineering team installs an unknown coding agent and a community MCP server; security has no inventory and no telemetry.
Assets Affected
AI Agent
Agent Config
MCP Server
Agent Execution Sandbox
Mitigation
- Require registration and approval of endpoint agents
- enforce allowlists at the endpoint
- instrument sensor for agentic-tool installation and execution
- periodic endpoint scans for unsanctioned agents.
Standards Mapping
- ISO: A.3.2, A.10.3
- OWASP agentic: ASI04, ASI10
- OWASP LLM: LLM03:2025
- EU AI Act: Art. 17
- DASF: Agents-MCP Client 13.26, Agents-Core 13.13
- AIUC-1: E006, E010