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Attacking RAG Pipelines

Retrieval-augmented generation widens the attack surface, because every document in the store is untrusted input. Indirect injection, retrieval poisoning, and embedding-space attacks.

Foundational2 min readfoundation streamUpdated Fri Jul 31 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Part ofSilver Path (SOCA)Gold Path (SOCP)AI Offensive FoundationsAttacking AI Systems: StarterPrompt Injection Deep DiveAttacking AI Systems: Full TrackFrom Injection to AgentsProfessional Exam PrepThe Dual Mandate Intensive

Learning objectives

  • Trace how a poisoned document reaches the model in a RAG flow
  • Explain retrieval poisoning and why relevance ranking helps the attacker
  • Describe an embedding-space attack at a conceptual level

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