DASF-R-13.28 — UI/UX Deception

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 92. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 3.0.

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Risk mechanism

UI/UX deception involves misleading users about MCP server actions, permissions, or capabilities through the client interface. This includes hidden tool calls, misleading permission dialogs, unclear action descriptions, and interfaces that don't clearly communicate what actions are being performed. Users may unknowingly authorize dangerous operations

Applicability

Agentic AI

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Impacts described by the source

AI system:

• Unintended actions • Data exposure • User manipulation

Business:

• Financial Loss • Customer Retention • Legal fines • Regulatory Fines and Judgement • Loss of Competitive Advantage • Proprietary Data Loss

Controls

• DASF-1 — SSO with IdP and MFA
• DASF-2 — Sync users and groups
• DASF-3 — Restrict access using IP access lists
• DASF-4 — Restrict access using private link
• DASF-5 — Control access to data and other objects
• DASF-9 — Encrypt data in transit
• DASF-31 — Secure model serving endpoints
• DASF-33 — Manage credentials securely
• DASF-55 — Monitor audit logs
• DASF-61 — Train users on AI risk taxonomy and AI/ML security
• DASF-64 — Limit access from AI models and agents
• DASF-65 — Implement end-to-end AI traceability
• DASF-66 — Use Human-in-the-loop feedback
• DASF-67 — Federate authentication
• DASF-68 — Use Securely Hosted Managed MCP Servers
• DASF-69 — Securely host Custom MCP Servers
• DASF-70 — Securely connect to External MCP Servers

Source control guidance

Deploy Agents and MCP servers (managed and custom) with secure defaults and require clients to specify authentication. • DASF 1: SSO with IdP and MFA to limit who can access your data and AI platform. • DASF 2: Sync users and groups to inherit your organizational roles to access data. • DASF 3: Restrict access using IP access lists that can authenticate to your data and AI platform. • DASF 4: Restrict access using private link as strong controls that limit the source for inbound requests. • DASF 5: Control access to data and other objects for permissions model across all data assets to protect data and sources. • DASF 9: Encrypt data in transit — protect communications between client and MCP servers from interception and tampering. • DASF 31: Secure model serving endpoints — prevent unauthorized exposure of endpoints that could be exploited to deliver deceptive UI content. • DASF 33: Manage credentials securely — prevent credentials from being harvested through deceptive permission dialogs or fake authentication prompts. • DASF 55: Monitor audit logs — detect discrepancies between actions presented to users and actions actually executed by MCP clients. Alert on hidden tool calls or actions that were not clearly communicated in the interface. • DASF 61: Train users on AI/ML security — educate users to recognize deceptive UI patterns such as misleading permission dialogs, hidden tool calls, and unclear action descriptions. Establish organizational guidance on what legitimate MCP permission requests look like. • DASF 64: Limit access from AI models and agents — enforce least privilege so that even if a user is deceived into authorizing an action, the agent cannot access resources beyond its permitted scope. • DASF 65: Implement end-to-end AI traceability — make all agent actions and tool calls visible and auditable, enabling users to verify that the actions taken match what was displayed in the interface. • DASF 66: Use Human-in-the-loop feedback — require explicit, informed user approval before consequential MCP actions are executed. Design approval flows that clearly communicate the full scope and impact of the action being authorized. • DASF 67: Federate authentication — use OAuth token federation to ensure authentication dialogs are genuine and originate from trusted identity providers, not deceptive client interfaces. • DASF 68: Use Securely Hosted Managed MCP Servers — Databricks managed MCP servers present transparent, standardized interfaces that reduce the risk of deceptive UI patterns in server-client interactions. • DASF 69: Securely host Custom MCP Servers — deploy custom MCP servers as Databricks Apps with verified, transparent interfaces that accurately represent the actions and permissions they require. • DASF 70: Securely connect to External MCP Servers — validate external MCP server interfaces before use. Reject connections to servers presenting misleading or non-standard permission requests.

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-13.28. 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

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Related

• Component 13
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