The Hidden Vulnerability in Multi-Agent Chains
The biggest architectural risk in enterprise AI today isn’t prompt injection—it’s Delegation Escalation.
When a human user triggers an AI Agent Orchestrator, which then delegates tasks to sub-agents and tool execution gateways via MCP or internal APIs, traditional static service accounts break down.
If you pass broad bearer tokens or static user API keys down the execution chain, you create a massive Confused Deputy vulnerability.
To deploy autonomous multi-agent chains safely at enterprise scale, platform architects must enforce OAuth 2.1 RFC 8693 Token Exchange with explicit actor claims.
