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Cross-Agent Contamination

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

Cross-agent contamination occurs when data, context, or malicious instructions from one agent's session leak into another agent's execution context — causing unintended behaviour, data exposure, or policy bypass. It is most likely when agents share memory stores, context pools, or tool caches without strict tenant isolation. Prevention requires per-agent context isolation and careful boundary enforcement in shared infrastructure.