qode — agentic threat model
qode acts as an autonomous AI recruiter handling sensitive candidate PII and conducting live interviews, presenting high risks regarding algorithmic bias, prompt injection by candidates, and data privacy violations if candidate pools are compromised.
OWASP AIVSS score rationale
| Autonomy of Action | 0.60 | |
| Goal-Driven Planning | 0.50 | |
| Self-Modification | 0.10 | |
| Dynamic Tool Use | 0.40 | |
| Persistent Memory | 0.80 | |
| Contextual Awareness | 0.70 | |
| Dynamic Identity | 0.20 | |
| Multi-Agent Interactions | 0.10 | |
| Non-Determinism | 0.60 | |
| Opacity & Reflexivity | 0.60 |
Scored with the canonical OWASP AIVSS formula (AIVSS calculator reference); agentic risk factors estimated from the agent’s described capabilities.
MAESTRO 7-layer threat model
Per-layer threats for this agent. Layers tagged “not certain from listing” are general, caveated commentary where the public description didn’t pin that layer.
Not certain from the listing — likely utilizes proprietary or third-party LLMs to generate interview questions, summarize notes, and match candidates. Key threats include prompt injection (candidates manipulating the AI recruiter to secure a pass) and inherent model bias affecting hiring decisions.
The agent ingests and stores massive candidate datasets ('billions of data points', 'candidate pool is yours to keep forever'). This presents severe threats of PII data exfiltration, unauthorized access to candidate profiles, and data poisoning of the matching database.
Not certain from the listing — likely uses a custom orchestration framework to manage the live interview flow and ATS-like data storage. Threats include state manipulation during live interviews and insecure tool integration with database APIs.
Not certain from the listing — hosted as a closed-source SaaS platform. Threats include container compromise, insecure database hosting of candidate records, and lack of network isolation for the live interview components.
Not certain from the listing — no mention of monitoring, bias audits, or guardrails. Gaps here could lead to undetected algorithmic drift, unfair candidate screening, and lack of auditability for hiring decisions.
Not certain from the listing — handling candidate PII and automated hiring decisions subjects the platform to strict regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, NYC Automated Employment Decision Tool law). Gaps in compliance and access control pose significant legal and security risks.
Not certain from the listing — primarily functions as a standalone ATS replacement. Ecosystem threats are low unless it integrates with external job boards or third-party sourcing agents.
MAESTRO — the 7-layer agentic threat-modeling framework (Cloud Security Alliance / Ken Huang).