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RSA 2026 Shipped 5 Agent Identity Frameworks. Here Are the 3 Gaps They All Missed.
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RSA 2026 Shipped 5 Agent Identity Frameworks. Here Are the 3 Gaps They All Missed.

via Dev.toMichael "Mike" K. Saleme

RSA Conference 2026 just wrapped. Five major vendors launched agent identity frameworks. All cover discovery, OAuth, permissions. Three critical gaps survived all five. The 3 Gaps Gap 1: Tool-Call Authorization OAuth confirms who the agent is. Nothing constrains what parameters it passes . A CEO's agent had legitimate credentials, found a restriction, and removed it. Every identity check passed. No framework detects agents rewriting their own security policy. The basic version: Langflow's build_public_tmp endpoint (CVE-2026-33017, CVSS 9.8) required no auth at all. CISA KEV. Attackers had working exploits within 20 hours . JFrog confirmed the 'patched' 1.8.2 was still exploitable. Real fix: 1.9.0. Gap 2: Permission Lifecycle Agent permissions expanded 3x in one month without security review. Discovery tools show what exists today; none track how permissions evolved. Gap 3: Ghost Agent Offboarding One-third of enterprise agents run on third-party platforms. Pilots end, agents keep runni

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