NeoXFortress Agent Risk Lab

Deterministic simulation of AI agent attack scenarios for governance, compliance, and control engineering.

Created by NeoXFortress LLC — AI Agent Accountability Infrastructure for Regulated Contractors

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Why This Exists

AI agents are making decisions inside defense contractors. They call tools, process sensitive data, and interact with external services. When an agent goes wrong — prompt injection, data exfiltration, privilege escalation — most organizations have no evidence of what happened.

This lab simulates those failures. Every attack is detected and blocked by the policy engine. Every blocked action produces a signed Agent Accountability Receipt — tamper-evident proof of what was attempted and what was stopped.

This lab shows the attack. The receipt proves you caught it.

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Attack Scenarios

Scenario	MITRE ATLAS	What Happens	Outcome
Prompt Injection	AML.T0051	Malicious instructions embedded in a document trick the agent into exfiltrating data and disabling logging	4 injection patterns detected, 2 tool calls blocked
Data Exfiltration	AML.T0048.002	Agent attempts to send CUI-marked data to Gmail, a .ru domain, and an external file share	3 exfiltration vectors blocked by content + domain policy
Privilege Escalation	AML.T0044	Agent attempts shell execution, firewall modification, admin account creation, and key vault access	4 unauthorized tool calls denied by allowlist

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Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/NeoXFortress/neox-agent-risk-lab.git
cd neox-agent-risk-lab
python3 run_all.py

No external dependencies. No API keys. Pure Python 3.10+.

What You'll See

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  NeoXFortress Agent Risk Lab — Attack Simulation Suite
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[Scenario 1] Prompt Injection Attack
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  [1] Agent received document (614 chars)
  [2] Injection scanner: 4 pattern(s) detected
      - INJECTION-001: Direct instruction override attempt
      - INJECTION-002: Role reassignment attempt
      - INJECTION-005: Privilege tag injection
      - INJECTION-006: Context boundary manipulation
  [3] Agent tried send_email to pastebin.com → DENY
  [4] Agent tried disable_logging → DENY

[Scenario 2] Tool Misuse / Data Exfiltration
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  [1] Agent processed CUI//SP-EXPT document
  [2] Agent tried send_email to Gmail with CUI → DENY
  [3] Agent tried send_email to .ru domain → DENY
  [4] Agent tried write_file with CUI content → DENY

[Scenario 3] Privilege Escalation Attempt
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  [1] Agent tried execute_shell → DENY
  [2] Agent tried modify_firewall → DENY
  [3] Agent tried create_admin_user → DENY
  [4] Agent tried access_key_vault → DENY

[*] Total events logged: 12

Then open outputs/report.html in your browser for the full styled exploit report.

Screenshots

Terminal output: 3 scenarios, 12 events, all attacks blocked

Styled exploit report with MITRE ATLAS mapping and CMMC control coverage

Signed receipt: hash-chained execution steps with compliance verdict

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Example: Signed Receipt (Prompt Injection Scenario)

Every scenario produces a schema-valid Agent Accountability Receipt. Here's the compliance verdict and integrity block from the prompt injection receipt:

{
  "compliance": {
    "verdict": "non_compliant",
    "assessed_by": "engine_rule_set",
    "violated_controls": ["SC.L2-3.13.1", "SI.L2-3.14.1"],
    "risk_score": 8.0,
    "framework": "CMMC L2",
    "notes": "Agent attempted to follow injected instructions. 4 patterns detected. Tool calls blocked."
  },
  "integrity": {
    "hash_chain": {
      "alg": "sha256",
      "chain": [
        { "step_id": "step-001", "hash": "a3f8c1...", "prev_hash": "000000..." },
        { "step_id": "step-002", "hash": "7b2e4d...", "prev_hash": "a3f8c1..." },
        { "step_id": "step-003", "hash": "e91f0a...", "prev_hash": "7b2e4d..." },
        { "step_id": "step-004", "hash": "d4c7b2...", "prev_hash": "e91f0a..." }
      ],
      "final_hash": "d4c7b2..."
    },
    "signature": {
      "type": "hmac_sha256",
      "signed_payload": "canonical_receipt_plus_final_hash"
    }
  }
}

Full receipts are in outputs/receipt-*.json. Schema: Agent Accountability Receipt v0.1.1.

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Output Files

After running, the outputs/ directory contains:

outputs/
├── execution-log.json                    ← Structured event log (all scenarios)
├── receipt-prompt_injection.json         ← Signed receipt: injection attack
├── receipt-exfiltration.json             ← Signed receipt: CUI exfiltration attempt
├── receipt-privilege_escalation.json     ← Signed receipt: unauthorized tool access
├── report.md                             ← Agent Exploit Report (Markdown)
├── report.html                           ← Agent Exploit Report (styled HTML)
└── evidence-manifest.json                ← Evidence pack manifest

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Architecture

1-agent sequential pipeline. No multi-agent coordination needed — deterministic attack simulations with policy enforcement.

Document/Input → Policy Engine → Tool Wrapper → Decision (ALLOW/DENY/REQUIRES_HUMAN) → Log → Receipt

Components

File	Purpose
policy_engine.py	Tool-level access control: allowlist enforcement, domain blocking, CUI content gates, prompt injection scanner (7 patterns)
scenario_runner.py	Executes 3 attack scenarios, produces structured JSON logs + signed receipts
report_generator.py	Builds Markdown + HTML exploit report with MITRE ATLAS mapping and CMMC control coverage
run_all.py	One-command runner: scenarios + report

Policy Engine Decisions

Decision	Meaning	Example
ALLOW	Tool call permitted under current policy	read_document on internal file
DENY	Tool call blocked — logged with rule ID and reason	send_email to .ru domain
REQUIRES_HUMAN	Tool call paused pending human approval	send_email to approved domain

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CMMC L2 Control Coverage

Control	Domain	Scenarios
SC.L2-3.13.1	Boundary Protection	Exfiltration, Prompt Injection
SC.L2-3.13.2	CUI Flow Enforcement	Exfiltration
SI.L2-3.14.1	System Integrity	Prompt Injection
AC.L2-3.1.1	Access Control	Exfiltration, Privilege Escalation
AC.L2-3.1.2	Access Control Enforcement	Privilege Escalation
AU.L2-3.3.1	System Auditing	Privilege Escalation

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Related

• Agent Accountability Receipt — Open standard for tamper-evident AI agent execution receipts (schema v0.1.1). All receipts generated by this lab conform to that schema.
• MITRE ATLAS — Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems

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Roadmap

v1.1 (Next)

• Live LLM integration — route scenarios through real OpenAI/Anthropic API calls via the agent harness
• Additional MITRE ATLAS techniques: model poisoning (AML.T0020), training data extraction (AML.T0024)
• PDF export for evidence packs

v1.2 (Planned)

• Asymmetric signature support (Ed25519) for multi-party verification
• OWASP LLM Top 10 scenario coverage
• Custom scenario builder — define your own attack vectors via YAML

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License

MIT License — see LICENSE. Licensed for easy adoption in GovCon and regulated environments.

Open: Schema, reference implementation, and simulation framework (this repo) are MIT-licensed. Proprietary: The NeoXFortress Agent Accountability Engine (AAE) — including the enterprise policy orchestration, advanced enforcement logic, and client integrations — is a separate commercial product. Contact neoxfortress.com for enterprise implementations.

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Copyright (c) 2026 Julio Berroa / NeoXFortress LLC