Role-Play Jailbreak
Use role-play or persona-switching techniques to bypass agent safety instructions
Initial Access · Stage 2
Gain control over agent behavior through prompt manipulation or input exploitation
SOUL-INJECT
Directly manipulating or overriding the agent's system-level instructions and behavioral boundaries
Confirmed in real-world production systems or internet-wide exposure assessments.
L2-01
Reproductions in Damn Vulnerable AI Agent, the OpenA2A intentionally-broken agent for kill-chain validation.
Recent observations
Technique-attributed observations from the AgentPwn + TrapMyAgent fleet, classified into Threat Matrix techniques by the registry evidence bridge. See the Attack Prevalence Index for the full distribution.
AgentPwn coverage
An AgentPwn trap page produces a payload tagged with this technique class. Following the AgentPwn taxonomy of trap pages shows what an agent encounters.
Persona and developer-mode tiers exercise role-play jailbreaks.
Evidence by source
Evidence timeline
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-002 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 2; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-003 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 3; classified llm_crawler/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-004 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 4; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-001 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 1; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-002 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 2; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-003 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 3; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-004 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 4; classified llm_crawler/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-002 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 2; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-001 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 1; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-001 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 1; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-001 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 1; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-002 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 2; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-004 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 4; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-003 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 3; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-003 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 3; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-002 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 2; classified llm_crawler/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-004 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 4; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-003 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 3; classified llm_crawler/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-002 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 2; classified llm_crawler/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-004 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 4; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-001 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 1; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-001 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 1; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-001 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 1; classified llm_crawler/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-002 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 2; classified browser/claimed)
Client fetched the canary embedded in APWN-JB-004 on agentpwn.com (jailbreak tier 4; classified browser/claimed)
Detection · HackMyAgent
npx hackmyagent secure --ciLive = implemented in hackmyagent; queued = declaredDefense · OASB controls
How to cite
AI Agent Threat Matrix T-2003 (Role-Play Jailbreak). OpenA2A, 2026. https://threats.opena2a.org/techniques/T-2003