DASF-R-9.11 — Model Inference API Access

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 48. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 2.0.

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Risk mechanism

Adversaries may gain access to a model via legitimate access to the inference API. Inference API access can be a source of information to the adversary (Discover ML Model Ontology, Discover ML Model Family), a means of staging the attack (Verify Attack, Craft Adversarial Data), or for introducing data to the target system for Impact (Evade ML Model, Erode ML Model Integrity).

Applicability

Predictive ML Models · RAG - LLMs · 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:

• Breach of Confidential Proprietary Information or Trade Secrets • Unauthorised Alteration of AI System Outputs • Unauthorised Access to Private Information • Unintended Model Outputs • Reduced Organisation Trust in Model Effectiveness and Performance • Failure to Achieve Organizational AI Strategy and Goals

Business:

• Financial Loss • Response Costs • Loss of Competitive Advantage • Customer Retention

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-31 — Secure model serving endpoints
• DASF-33 — Manage credentials securely
• DASF-55 — Monitor audit logs
• DASF-67 — Federate authentication

Source control guidance

• DASF 1: SSO with IdP and MFA to authenticate and limit who can access your data and AI platform • DASF 2: Sync users and groups to inherit your organizational roles to authorize access to data • DASF 3: Restrict access using IP access lists to limit IP addresses that can authenticate to your data and AI platform • DASF 4: Restrict access using private link as a strong control that limits 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 31: Secure model serving endpoints • DASF 33: Manage credentials securely to prevent credentials of data sources used for model training from leaking through models • DASF 55: Monitor audit logs • DASF 67: Federate authentication

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-9.11. 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 9
• Catalog