Pattern: Prompt Injection Is Being Reclassified From Patchable Bug to Permanent Architectural Flaw
Tech Times·high signal
Across OWASP's June report, NSA design guidance, and academic reviews, the consensus is shifting: because LLMs receive trusted instructions and untrusted data as one undifferentiated token stream, input filtering and least-privilege reduce but cannot eliminate injection. The practical fallout for builders is a move from 'block the attack' to 'assume compromise and contain it' — sandboxing, schema-validated I/O, scoped credentials, and human gates on irreversible actions.