DASF-R-9.13 — Excessive agency

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 50. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 2.0.

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Risk mechanism

Generative AI systems may undertake actions outside of the developer's intent, organizational policy, and/or legislative, regulatory, and contractual requirements, leading to unintended consequences. This issue is facilitated by excessive permissions, excessive functionality, excessive autonomy, poorly defined operational parameters or granting the AI system and/or AI Agents the ability to make decisions, access data sources and enterprise objects, or act on systems without human intervention or oversight.

Applicability

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

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Impacts described by the source

AI system:

• Unauthorised Alteration of AI System Outputs • Unintended Model Outputs • Subsequent Downstream System Impact or Compromise

Business:

• Regulatory Non-compliance • Legal Fines • Customer Retention

Controls

• DASF-6 — Classify data
• DASF-11 — Capture and view data lineage
• DASF-55 — Monitor audit logs
• DASF-57 — Use attribute-based access controls (ABAC)
• DASF-58 — Protect data with filters and masking
• DASF-62 — Implement network segmentation
• DASF-64 — Limit access from AI models and agents

Source control guidance

• DASF 6: Classify data • DASF 11: Capture and view data lineage • DASF 55: Monitor audit logs • DASF 57: Use attribute-based access controls (ABAC) • DASF 58: Protect data with filters and masking • DASF 62: Implement network segmentation • DASF 64: Limit access from AI models and agents

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-9.13. 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 9
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