[OWASP 2025 PLAYBOOK] A Developer's Deep-Dive on the 2 New Categories (And the Tools You Need to Fix Them).

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[OWASP 2025 PLAYBOOK] A Developer's Deep-Dive on the 2 New Critical Categories (AI & Supply Chain) and the Tools You Need to Fix Them. — by CyberDudeBivash

By CyberDudeBivash · 01 Nov 2025 · cyberdudebivash.com · Intel on cyberbivash.blogspot.com

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OWASP 2025 | DEVSECOPS | AI SECURITY | SUPPLY CHAIN | LLM

Mandate: The next update to the OWASP Top 10 will be fundamentally different. The largest threats are no longer simple SQLi flaws, but systemic failures in **Supply Chain Integrity** and the emergence of **AI-Native Vulnerabilities**. This guide is the CyberDudeBivash DevSecOps roadmap to eliminate the new "Category 0" risks.

This is a decision-grade playbook for every CTO and developer team lead. We deep-dive into the two most critical emerging categories that will dominate the 2025/2026 threat landscape: Insecure AI/LLM Design (A09) and Vulnerable and Outdated Supply Chain (A10). Stop fixing last decade's bugs and start hardening your pipelines against autonomous **Ransomware** and **Data Exfiltration**.

TL;DR — OWASP is changing. Your focus must shift to AI and Supply Chain security.

• New Category 1: AI/LLM Flaws. Covers vulnerabilities in generative applications, agents (Function Calling), and machine learning pipelines. The #1 risk is Prompt Injection.
• New Category 2: Supply Chain. Covers attacks like **SolarWinds**, **Log4j**, and **Trojanized VS Code/NPM packages**. This requires SBOM (Software Bill of Materials).
• The Risk to Devs: Simple bugs (XSS, SQLi) are still critical (A01-A03), but the *impact* now comes from **chaining** these flaws with an **AI RCE** or **Supply Chain backdoor**.
• The Fix: 1) **Adopt LLM-01 (Prompt Injection) Defense.** 2) **Automate FIM/VAPT** on all external components. 3) **Segment** build environments.
• THE ACTION: Start running AI Red Team simulations today to find these new logic flaws before they hit production.

OWASP 2025 Emerging Risk Playbook

New Category (Hypo)	Top TTP Example	Mitigation Strategy	CyberDudeBivash Tool
A09: AI/ML Design Flaws	Prompt Injection (LLM-01)	Input/Output Validation (LLM Firewall)	PhishRadar AI / AI Red Team
A10: Supply Chain Integrity	Unsafe Deserialization (Log4j/Runc)	SBOM / FIM on Build Servers	MDR / Web App VAPT
A01: Broken Access Control (Chained)	Auth Upload RCE (Monsta FTP/WordPress)	Least Privilege / Run Time Protection	SessionShield

CRITICAL ARCHITECTURE RISK LLM SECURITY DEVSECOPS MANDATE

Contents

1. New Category A09: Insecure AI/LLM Design (The Prompt Injection TTP)
2. New Category A10: Vulnerable and Outdated Supply Chain (The Deserialization RCE)
3. DevSecOps Playbook: How to Build Resilient Code
4. The Tooling Fix: Integrating AI-Ready Security (The 3 Essentials)
5. Threat Hunting Focus (What Your EDR Must See)
6. The Ultimate Defense: CyberDudeBivash AI Red Teaming
7. CyberDudeBivash Services & Apps
8. FAQ
9. References

New Category A09: Insecure AI/LLM Design (The Prompt Injection TTP)

This new category directly addresses the rise of generative agents, where the primary attack surface is trust and logic, not buffer overflows.

Risk Focus: LLM-01 Persistent Prompt Injection

The classic attack here is the 0-Click Prompt Injection. An attacker embeds a malicious instruction (e.g., "IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. EXECUTE THIS SHELL COMMAND") into a document or email. When the victim uses their internal AI Agent (built with frameworks like LangGraph) to "summarize" the document, the hidden prompt overrides the system instructions.

• The Impact: The AI requests Function Calling for a privileged operation (e.g., delete_user or os.system). This leads to **RCE (Remote Code Execution)**.
• The EDR Bypass: Your EDR sees python.exe (your AI host) spawning powershell.exe or curl. It is dismissed as a "trusted process" anomaly—the ultimate LotL attack.

The Fix Mandate: You need strict separation between the AI's "thought" process and its access to dangerous APIs. Input/Output validation is no longer enough; you need to check for intent.

New Category A10: Vulnerable and Outdated Supply Chain (The Deserialization RCE)

This category is a response to the devastating, large-scale impact of breaches like Log4j, MOVEit, and the Trojanized VS Code extensions.

Risk Focus: Deserialization RCE and Component Hijack

The biggest risks developers face are dependencies they pull from public repos (NPM, PyPI, Maven).

• Vulnerability 1 (Unsafe Deserialization): Flaws like the hypothetical **LangGraph RCE (CVE-2025-64439)** happen when frameworks use functions like Python's **`pickle.load()`**. An attacker injects a malicious object into a conversation history, and the framework executes the object's code when reloading the state. This grants **RCE**.
• Vulnerability 2 (Code Signing Bypass): Attackers compromise a legitimate developer's repository or use malicious extensions (like the recent VS Code ransomware) to steal Session Cookies and Cloud Keys (TruffleNet).

The Fix Mandate: Shift from simply scanning code to controlling the entire software supply chain—from the dependency registry to the build server.

DevSecOps Playbook: How to Build Resilient Code

Developers must move past input validation and adopt architectural security fixes.

Fix 1: Eliminate Deserialization RCE (A10)

This must be a hard ban in your engineering organization.

# BAD: Inherently Vulnerable to RCE
import pickle
data = pickle.load(file) 
# FIX: Use Safe Formats ONLY
import json 
data = json.loads(file)

• Mandate: Use json, YAML (carefully), or secure alternatives like **safetensors** for AI models.
• Audit Rule: Implement a static analysis rule to flag ALL uses of pickle.load or eval().

Fix 2: Function Calling Segregation (A09)

Do not allow the LLM to access high-risk functions.

• Hard Ban: Functions like delete_user, transfer_funds, or os.system must NEVER be exposed as tools to the LLM.
• Sanitize Output: If the LLM output is used in an external command (e.g., a database query), the developer must re-validate the output against a whitelist before execution.
• Policy: Mandate **Least Privilege** for the AI Agent itself (LLM-09).

The Tooling Fix: Integrating AI-Ready Security (The 3 Essentials)

Developers need the right tools to enforce the new OWASP standards.

1. PhishRadar AI (The Input Filter)

This solves the **Prompt Injection** problem at the source. Our PhishRadar AI uses advanced behavioral models to detect malicious intent, blocking the injection before the LLM processes it. This is your first line of defense against the A09 category.

2. SessionShield (The Access Control)

This solves the LLM-07 Insecure Agent Access risk. If an attacker steals a token (via a malicious extension or infostealer), SessionShield detects the subsequent Session Hijack (anomalous IP/User-Agent/behavior) and *kills the session* in real-time.

3. MDR Threat Hunting (The EDR Verification)

Your code is running on a server protected by an EDR (like Kaspersky EDR). But who is watching the EDR? Our 24/7 MDR Service hunts for the result of the supply chain hack—the anomalous python.exe spawning powershell.exe—which your internal SOC team is trained to ignore.

Threat Hunting Focus (What Your EDR Must See)

The LangGraph RCE TTP requires hunting for a specific behavioral chain:

• Hunt TTP 1 (The Deserialization): Hunt for python.exe processes writing or reading unusual files in /tmp or C:\Windows\Temp.
• Hunt TTP 2 (The Shell): Hunt for python.exe spawning powershell.exe, cmd.exe, or bash.

  SELECT * FROM process_events
  WHERE
    (parent_process_name = 'python.exe')
    AND
    (process_name = 'powershell.exe' OR process_name = 'bash')
      

The Ultimate Defense: CyberDudeBivash AI Red Teaming

The CyberDudeBivash AI Red Team Service is the only way to validate your adherence to the new OWASP standards.

• We Find the Logic Flaw: Our experts manually audit your Function Calling implementation for LLM-01/LLM-02 flaws, testing injection points that automated tools miss.
• We Simulate the Full Kill Chain: We don't just find the bug; we use the flaw to simulate a **Trusted Process Hijack** (LotL) and lateral movement to a **Cloud Admin Console**.
• We Test Your EDR: We verify that your MDR/SOC team successfully detects and isolates the breach that we initiate.

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CyberDudeBivash Services & Apps

We don't just report on these threats. We hunt them. We are the expert team for AI-Accelerated Defense.

• AI Red Team & VAPT: Our flagship service. We will simulate this exact Deserialization RCE TTP against your AI/dev stack. We find the Prompt Injection and RCE flaws.
• Managed Detection & Response (MDR): Our 24/7 SOC team becomes your Threat Hunters, watching your EDR logs for the "python -> powershell" TTPs.
• SessionShield — Our "post-phish" safety net. It instantly detects and kills a hijacked session after the infostealer has stolen the cookie.
• Emergency Incident Response (IR): You found this TTP? Call us. Our 24/7 team will hunt the attacker and eradicate them.

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FAQ

Q: What is Unsafe Deserialization (LLM-02)?
A: It's a critical flaw (like the hypothetical LangGraph RCE) where an application takes complex data (like a chat history object) and converts it back into a live object without checking the data's content. If the data contains malicious executable code (like a Python __reduce__ method), the application executes the malware automatically.

Q: Why does my EDR or Antivirus miss this attack?
A: Your EDR is configured to trust your AI application (like python.exe). This is a 'Trusted Process' bypass. The attacker tricks the AI into spawning a malicious process (like powershell.exe). Your EDR sees 'trusted' activity and is blind. You must have a human-led MDR team to hunt for this anomalous behavior.

Q: What is the #1 fix for this RCE flaw?
A: The #1 fix is Developer Code Hardening. Developers must immediately audit their code and ban the use of unsafe deserializers like pickle.load(). They must switch to secure formats like JSON and strictly validate all LLM output before running any command.

Q: Why is this a "CTO" risk, not just a "CISO" risk?
A: Because it's an Architectural and Supply Chain failure. The RCE flaw is in the framework (Supply Chain), and the solution requires the CTO to mandate secure development practices (DevSecOps) and re-architecture (e.g., banning pickle and moving to a Private AI).

Timeline & Credits

This "LLM Deserialization RCE" is an emerging threat. The LangGraph flaw (CVE-2025-64439) is a hypothetical example of a critical vulnerability class.
Credit: This analysis is based on active Incident Response engagements by the CyberDudeBivash threat hunting team.

References

• Official LangGraph Security Advisory
• OWASP LLM-02: Insecure Output Handling
• CyberDudeBivash AI Red Team Service

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