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CVE-2025-32711 EchoLeak and Large-Scale AI Agent Exploits Presented at Black Hat USA 2025

Reddit / r/cybersecurity (incident roundup) 2026-03-10 indirect prompt injection Critical

Executive Summary

A review of 2025 AI agent incidents cites Black Hat demos by Zenity exploiting ChatGPT, Salesforce, Gemini and Copilot Studio, EchoLeak (CVE-2025-32711, CVSS 9.3) zero-click exfiltration in Copilot, Slack AI injection and a Drift chatbot compromise affecting 700+ organizations.

What Happened

A fact-checking review of 2025 AI agent security incidents cites Black Hat USA 2025 demos where Zenity Labs successfully exploited Copilot ChatG, Salesforce, and Google Gemini, including a crafted email that led ChatGPT to grant access to a connected Google Drive and Microsoft Copilot Studio leaking CRM databases.[11] It highlights CVE-2025-32711 (EchoLeak) in Microsoft Copilot, a CVSS 9.3 vulnerability where receiving a crafted email could trigger automatic data exfiltration, as well as indirect prompt injection in Slack’s AI assistant and multi-platform compromise via a Drift chatbot integration affecting over 700 organizations.[11]

Affected Products

  • Microsoft Copilot
  • OpenAI ChatGPT
  • Salesforce
  • Google Gemini
  • Slack AI
  • Drift

Vulnerability / Attack Technique

Prompt injection and integration compromise across platforms

Technical Mechanism

Crafted emails and content triggered assistants to grant access or exfiltrate data; a chatbot integration was used to reach many organizations.

AI Security Category

LLM01:2025 Prompt Injection

Part of the Prompt Injection topic.

Relevant Frameworks

LLM01:2025 Prompt InjectionLLM02:2025 Sensitive Information DisclosureLLM03:2025 Supply Chain

RealGround Analysis

Integrations multiply blast radius: one chatbot reached 700 organizations. RealGround analysis: review third-party AI integrations' access to your systems.

Recommended Controls

  • Audit third-party AI and chatbot integrations
  • Apply Copilot EchoLeak fixes

Related RealGround Service

AI Agent Business Logic Audit · or start with the free AI Agent Security Scanner.

Sources

Reddit / r/cybersecurity (incident roundup): https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1r79rye/i_went_through_every-ai-agent-security-incident

Summary and analysis written by RealGround from the source above; last updated 2026-10-18.

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