{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0384","record_version":1,"title":"Reprompt: a single malicious Copilot link could expose user data","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":49.0,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":3.0,"completeness":5.44,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: Fox News · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":1,"reports_independent":1,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: Fox News · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"8ccb2a47e69485697a6981e692d09c8bddd1bbabc6ad71b95aca4045108b6b1a"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"Microsoft","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":"Past conversations, things the user has asked, and certain personal data tied to the account","autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":"Write emails, summarize documents and answer questions using information from the user's own account","safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-01-24","incident_class":"security_compromise","failure_class":"injection_triggered","agent_involved":true,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"prompt_injection","duration":null,"detection_method":"public_researcher","summary":"Microsoft Copilot, an AI assistant that can write emails, summarize documents and answer questions using information from a user's account, was the subject of a technique security researchers at Varonis called Reprompt. Attackers could hide instructions in a Copilot link so that, after one click, Copilot would process them and act on the user's behalf, including sending data out piece by piece through an attacker-controlled server. The researchers said Reprompt got around some of Copilot's data-leak protections. Varonis reported the issue to Microsoft, which fixed it in the January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates. The source states there is no evidence Reprompt was used in real-world attacks before the fix, and that the issue affected only Copilot Personal.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":"Specially crafted Copilot link sent through email or a message","time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":"Microsoft fixed the issue in the January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates","precursor_events":null,"primary_risk":"RK01","control_chain":[{"layer":"L2","party":"harness_vendor","party_name":null,"control_id":"C1","outcome":"failed","reason":null,"quote":"First, they injected instructions directly into Copilot through the link itself.","source_index":0,"reviewed":false}]},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"minor","harm_class":[],"affected_description":"Copilot Personal users","protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.foxnews.com/tech/why-clicking-wrong-copilot-link-could-put-your-data-risk","publisher":"Fox News","date":"2026-01-24","type":"press","title":"Why clicking the wrong Copilot link could put your data at risk - 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No model name or version, deployment context, lifecycle stage, or country stated. Date of occurrence not stated; the article date 2026-01-24 was not used as a disclosure date because the source does not state when the issue was disclosed. Severity 'minor' is my judgement: the source reports no real-world use and no affected third party, so it fits the minor tier, though the article gives no count of affected users. The control mapping is my judgement: C1 is inferred from the injection of instructions through the link, C4 from the data-leak guardrails being bypassed, and B2 from the absence of warnings; the source does not name these controls. The remediation mapping to J1 is my judgement because the source says only that a fix was rolled out and does not name the change; Microsoft also mentions 'additional measures' that the source does not describe, so no further controls were added. Attacker identity is not stated: the source describes what attackers could do, not a real attacker. 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