CWE-1426

Improper Validation of Generative AI Output

High

Description

The product invokes a generative AI/ML component whose behaviors and outputs cannot be directly controlled, but the product does not validate or insufficiently validates the outputs to ensure that they align with the intended security, content, or privacy policy.

Potential Impact

How to Fix

Architecture and Design

Since the output from a generative AI component (such as an LLM) cannot be trusted, ensure that it operates in an untrusted or non-privileged space.

Operation

Use "semantic comparators," which are mechanisms that provide semantic comparison to identify objects that might appear different but are semantically similar.

Operation

Use components that operate externally to the system to monitor the output and act as a moderator. These components are called different terms, such as supervisors or guardrails.

Build and Compilation

During model training, use an appropriate variety of good and bad examples to guide preferred outputs.

Detection Methods

Related Weaknesses

References

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