DASF-R-10.2 — Output manipulation

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 52. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.

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Risk mechanism

An attacker can compromise a machine learning system by tweaking its output stream, also known as a man-in-the-middle attack. This is achieved by intercepting the data transmission between the model’s endpoint, which generates its predictions or outputs, and the intended receiver of this information. Such an attack poses a severe security threat, allowing the attacker to read or alter the communicated results, potentially leading to data leakage, misinformation or misguided actions based on manipulated data.

Applicability

Predictive ML Models · Fine-tuned LLMs · Pre-trained LLMs · Foundational LLMs · External Models

Blank source cells remain null (unspecified); a source “No” means this default filter omits the risk; it does not establish absence in your architecture. Combine every deployment pattern in the system.

Impacts described by the source

AI system:

• Misinformation in AI System Outputs • Misguided Actions in AI System Outputs • Regulatory Non-compliance • Failure to Achieve Organizational AI Strategy and Goals

Business:

• Financial Loss • Regulatory Fines and Judgement • Legal Fines • Customer Retention

Controls

• DASF-30 — Encrypt models
• DASF-31 — Secure model serving endpoints
• DASF-32 — Govern and monitor access of AI model and model serving endpoints
• DASF-60 — Rate limit number of inference queries

Source control guidance

• DASF 30: Encrypt models for model endpoints with encryption in transit • DASF 31: Secure model serving endpoints • DASF 32: Streamline the usage and management of various large language model (LLM) providers to rate-limit inference queries allowed by the model. Then audit, reproduce and make your models more compliant. • DASF 60: Rate limit number of inference queries to control capacity and ensure availability of the model serving

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-10.2. It returns the mechanism above, control-specific evidence requests, proposed tests and remediation acceptance criteria. Until evidence is supplied, the result is unverified. Use the finding template to record a concrete observation and residual risk.

Source-reported framework mappings

These are the mappings in this snapshot, with their original edition labels. They are references, not proof of conformity or independent validation.

Related

• Component 10
• Catalog