Configuration Harvesting

Harvest configuration files containing credentials, connection strings, and service details

Tactic

Collection · Stage 7

Gather and stage data from databases, file systems, and APIs

Attack class

NEMO-CRED-LEAK

Unintended exposure of credentials through environment variables, logs, or error messages

Evidence grade

Observed

Confirmed in real-world production systems or internet-wide exposure assessments.

DVAA validation

config harvesting

Reproductions in Damn Vulnerable AI Agent, the OpenA2A intentionally-broken agent for kill-chain validation.

Honeypot

AgentPwn coverage

Queued

In scope for honeypot observation; trap page or telemetry hook not yet built.

A dedicated configuration-harvest trap fixture is not yet wired.

Detect

Live4 live · 1 queued

IO-001ENV-001ENV-002ENV-003ENV-004

npx hackmyagent secure --ciLive = implemented in hackmyagent; queued = declared

Defend

Live4 live · 0 queued

Live = documented at oasb.ai; queued = declared

Reference

AI Agent Threat Matrix T-7005 (Configuration Harvesting). OpenA2A, 2026. https://threats.opena2a.org/techniques/T-7005