OWASP LLM Top 10 / LLM04

LLM04: Data and Model Poisoning

Adversarial training data, fine-tune material, or RAG corpora inject harmful behaviour into the model.

Last reviewed June 2026

Problem

The gap LLM04 closes

Data and Model Poisoning sits in the data integrity surface, and OWASP LLM Top 10 rates it high. Adversarial training data, fine-tune material, or RAG corpora inject harmful behaviour into the model. For teams shipping LLM and agentic features, a control like this is only as good as the evidence that it was actually tested - an unverified control is a finding waiting for an auditor.

How Penaxtra approaches it

How Penaxtra delivers LLM04

Penaxtra ships adversarial probe families that target data and model poisoning directly. Each probe runs against your live endpoint on a schedule, and every triggering response is scored by three independent judges plus a meta-judge before it becomes a finding - so a LLM04 result is a tested verdict, not a guess. Every relevant finding is created with the OWASP LLM Top 10 LLM04 identifier already attached, so it lands in the audit-evidence pack mapped to the control rather than as a screenshot someone has to translate later. Where the same weakness touches another framework, the cross-framework overlap means one finding satisfies several control cells at once.

Technical capabilities

LLM04 capabilities

Probe and check coverage aligned to LLM04 (Data and Model Poisoning)

Findings tagged with the OWASP LLM Top 10 LLM04 control identifier

Severity context (OWASP LLM Top 10 rates this high)

Cross-framework overlap so one finding maps to several control cells

PDF and JSON audit-evidence export with the control id attached

Compliance mapping

LLM04 compliance mapping

Findings for LLM04 carry the OWASP LLM Top 10 LLM04 identifier and cross-map to the related controls in the other five frameworks Penaxtra covers.

FAQ

Frequently asked

What is LLM04 (Data and Model Poisoning)?

Adversarial training data, fine-tune material, or RAG corpora inject harmful behaviour into the model. It is part of OWASP LLM Top 10, rated high.

How does Penaxtra test for LLM04?

Penaxtra ships adversarial probe families that target data and model poisoning directly. Each probe runs against your live endpoint on a schedule, and every triggering response is scored by three independent judges plus a meta-judge before it becomes a finding - so a LLM04 result is a tested verdict, not a guess.

Does a finding for LLM04 help with an audit?

Yes. Each finding is tagged with the OWASP LLM Top 10 LLM04 control identifier and exported in the PDF and JSON evidence pack, so it maps straight onto the auditor control list instead of needing manual translation.

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