Prevent Prompt Injection Attacks with a Gpt-4o Security Defense System

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              "id": "168d1ab7-874e-40ff-913c-c64546c511a8",
              "name": "message.input.report.residual_anomalies",
              "type": "object",
              "value": "={{ $json.message.content.residual_anomalies }}"
            },
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              "id": "c9b13ce2-bc26-4747-94b5-39ebf6574d2a",
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              "type": "number",
              "value": "={{ $json.message.content.quality_score }}"
            },
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              "id": "b52a6f74-2513-4256-a249-cedbbdace839",
              "name": "message.input.report.processing_summary",
              "type": "object",
              "value": "={{ $json.message.content.processing_summary }}"
            },
            {
              "id": "04f45f85-259a-4d48-9f80-2fbe007c32ed",
              "name": "message.input.report.notes",
              "type": "array",
              "value": "={{ $json.message.content.delivery_notes }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "3c6e4223-e3f5-4e4a-a928-1e143b0051bc",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -3168,
        -1552
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      "parameters": {
        "width": 998,
        "height": 656,
        "content": "## \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f AI Security Pipeline Workflow Summary\n\n## \ud83d\udccb **WORKFLOW OVERVIEW**\n**Name:** Markdown sanitization and suspicious URL redaction  \n**Purpose:** Multi-layered AI security pipeline for content validation, sanitization, and safe delivery  \n**Architecture:** 5-layer defense system with dual validation tracks  \n\n\n## \ud83c\udfaf **KEY WORKFLOW FEATURES**\n\n### **\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Defense in Depth**\nMultiple AI agents with specialized security roles\n### **\ud83e\udde0 Intelligent Processing**\nEach AI node uses context from previous layers\n### **\ud83d\udea8 Early Termination**\nCritical threats stop processing immediately\n### **\ud83d\udd04 Adaptive Sanitization**\nTargeted threat removal based on validation findings\n### **\ud83d\udcca Comprehensive Logging**\nDetailed processing results for audit and debugging\n### **\u26a1 Performance Optimized**\nParallel processing where possible, early exits for efficiency"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "c5048732-840b-44d6-ba0f-6f19353c3a06",
      "name": "Validate trueCategories",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "notes": "Layer-1",
      "position": [
        -1776,
        -1264
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "// Define the categories to check\nconst categoriesToCheck = [\n  \"sexual\",\n  \"hate\",\n  \"harassment\",\n  \"self-harm\",\n  \"sexual/minors\",\n  \"hate/threatening\",\n  \"violence/graphic\",\n  \"self-harm/intent\",\n  \"self-harm/instructions\",\n  \"harassment/threatening\",\n  \"violence\"\n];\n\n// Extract the categories object from the input item\nconst inputCategories = $input.first().json.categories;\n\n// Filter and collect categories that are true\nconst trueCategories = categoriesToCheck.filter(category => inputCategories[category] === true);\n\n// Determine status: failure if any violation is found\nconst status = trueCategories.length > 0 ? \"failure\" : \"success\";\n\n// Return the result\nreturn {\n  json: {\n    status,\n    violations: trueCategories\n  }\n};\n"
      },
      "notesInFlow": true,
      "typeVersion": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "4a2ccc51-9157-4f6e-99aa-6613f7f152a1",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -2096,
        -1440
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 720,
        "height": 432,
        "content": "## \ud83d\udea8 **Text Violations** (OpenAI Moderation)\n**Type:** Built-in OpenAI Content Classification  \n**Purpose:** Detect policy violations (hate, harassment, violence, sexual content)  \n**Input:** Raw user message  \n**Output:** Categories flagged as true/false  \n**Decision:** If ANY violation = workflow STOPS  "
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "6537c6cc-6a07-4e5a-b0a5-5dcd48aa2236",
      "name": "Sticky Note2",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -2928,
        -832
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 816,
        "height": 736,
        "content": "### \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f **Input Validation & Pattern Detection** (Custom GPT-4o)\n\n**Role:** \ud83d\udeaa **CRITICAL GATEKEEPER**  \n**Purpose:** First-line threat detection and REJECT/ACCEPT decisions  \n**Detects:**\n- Code injection (HTML, JavaScript, SQL)\n- Malicious URLs & credential harvesting\n- Prompt injection & jailbreak attempts\n- Encoding anomalies & obfuscation\n\n**Key Output:** `status: \"REJECTED\"` stops pipeline | `\"CLEAN\"` continues \n**Critical Features:** Severity scoring, threat assessment, decision matrix  \n\n###  Send Email\n- Sends out an email to the Admin with the rejection details\n- Replace the EMAIL node with your preferred email node, like GMAIL\n- Make sure to copy all values from EMAIL node before deleting "
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "a4918c20-dd13-4e89-a107-b8f73b14e2cf",
      "name": "Is REJECTED?",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "position": [
        -2528,
        -400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "version": 2,
            "leftValue": "",
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "typeValidation": "strict"
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          "combinator": "and",
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "44575674-470b-4363-9019-5585ab3e27d4",
              "operator": {
                "type": "string",
                "operation": "equals"
              },
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.message.content.status }}",
              "rightValue": "=REJECTED"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.2
    },
    {
      "id": "329b5f38-18e6-46cf-8cf2-157f9a6e5903",
      "name": "Sticky Note3",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -2096,
        -832
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 592,
        "height": 736,
        "content": "### \ud83e\uddfc **Content Sanitization & Neutralization** (Custom GPT-4o)\n**Role:** \ud83e\uddf9 **THREAT CLEANUP SPECIALIST**  \n**Purpose:** Remove/neutralize identified threats while preserving content  \n**Actions:**\n- Strip malicious HTML/JavaScript\n- Redact dangerous URLs \u2192 `[REDACTED LINK]`\n- Neutralize injection attempts\n- Remove encoding attacks\n**Intelligence:** Uses validation results for targeted sanitization  \n**Preservation:** Maintains educational value and legitimate content "
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "7ca2fc93-c65b-4272-abe3-ab40ae3039a2",
      "name": "Sticky Note4",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -1488,
        -832
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 464,
        "height": 736,
        "content": "### \ud83c\udfa8 **Format Content** (Custom GPT-4o)\n\n**Role:** \ud83d\udcdd **PRESENTATION OPTIMIZER**  \n**Purpose:** Format sanitized content for safe, appropriate delivery  \n**Functions:**\n- Platform-specific formatting (web, mobile, API)\n\n**Add / Update** your custom formatting in this node to make the data presentable for your use case.\n\n**Output:** Presentation-ready, contextually appropriate content  "
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "294a5bca-2f75-49df-bc17-7e6c7266d628",
      "name": "Sticky Note5",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -1008,
        -832
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      "parameters": {
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        "height": 848,
        "content": "### \u2705 **Final Quality Assurance & Delivery Readiness** (Custom GPT-4o)\n**Role:** \ud83d\udd0d **QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR**  \n**Purpose:** Final validation before content delivery  \n**Checks:**\n- Sanitization completeness\n- Format integrity after processing\n- Content preservation vs security balance\n- Delivery readiness assessment\n**Decision:** `\"DELIVER\"` | `\"REPROCESS\"` | `\"ESCALATE_REVIEW\"`  "
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "7b8f716d-39e2-4c9b-b78c-54c0c847886e",
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        48,
        -176
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      "parameters": {
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                "options": {
                  "version": 2,
                  "leftValue": "",
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                    "operator": {
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                      "operation": "equals"
                    },
                    "leftValue": "={{ $json.message.content.status }}",
                    "rightValue": "DELIVER"
                  }
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "conditions": {
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                      "operation": "equals"
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            {
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              "conditions": {
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                      "operation": "equals"
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                    "leftValue": "={{ $json.message.content.status }}",
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      "typeVersion": 3.2
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    {
      "id": "667e4be3-3b8e-4e82-bbb9-395292569008",
      "name": "Custom Message",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
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        -1088
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "assignments": {
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            {
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              "name": "aiResponse",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "Unable to process your request at this time. Please try again later."
            }
          ]
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      },
      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "ca6a724f-9a96-4c72-9150-bd3f28062a2f",
      "name": "Format Content",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
      "notes": "Layer-4",
      "position": [
        -1376,
        -240
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          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-4o",
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        "options": {
          "topP": 0.7,
          "temperature": 0.1
        },
        "messages": {
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            },
            {
              "content": "={{ $json.message.content.sanitized_content }}"
            }
          ]
        },
        "jsonOutput": true
      },
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "notesInFlow": true,
      "typeVersion": 1.8
    },
    {
      "id": "76aa933c-5eea-4458-bea8-e05aea4beb39",
      "name": "Sticky Note6",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 448,
        "height": 352,
        "content": "## Custom Message\n- **Edit** to modify the custom message to be sent back as the web hook response in the event of REJECTED input."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
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      "name": "EMAIL",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
      "position": [
        -2224,
        -560
      ],
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        "html": "=The AI prompt injection was detected from IP {{ $('Webhook').item.json.headers['cf-connecting-ip'] }} to {{ $('Webhook').item.json.webhookUrl }}\n\nMessage Headers:\n{{ $('Webhook').item.json.headers }}\n\nAI generated Report:\n{{ $('Webhook').item.json.body.message }}\n\n{{ $json.message.input.threat.assessment }}\n\n{{ $json.message.input.threat.classification }}\n\n{{ $json.message.input.validation }}\n\n{{ $json.message.input.critical_findings }}",
        "text": "=The AI prompt injection was detected from IP {{ $('Webhook').item.json.headers['cf-connecting-ip'] }} to {{ $('Webhook').item.json.webhookUrl }}\n\nMessage Headers:\n{{ $('Webhook').item.json.headers }}\n\nAI generated Report:\n{{ $('Webhook').item.json.body.message }}\n\n{{ $json.message.input.threat.assessment }}\n\n{{ $json.message.input.threat.classification }}\n\n{{ $json.message.input.validation }}\n\n{{ $json.message.input.critical_findings }}",
        "options": {
          "appendAttribution": false
        },
        "subject": "={{ $json.message.input.threat.assessment.rejection_reason }}",
        "toEmail": "={{ toEmail }}",
        "fromEmail": "={{ fromEmail }}",
        "emailFormat": "both"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "smtp": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.1
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  "active": true,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "56acc4ad-a550-4fa4-83ff-14bb0045a066",
  "connections": {
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          {
            "node": "Custom Message",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
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            "index": 0
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            "type": "main",
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          {
            "node": "Respond to Webhook",
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            "index": 0
          }
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          {
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            "index": 0
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            "node": "Input Validation & Pattern Detection",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Webhook": {
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          {
            "node": "Extract Data",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
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      ]
    },
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        [
          {
            "node": "Respond to Webhook",
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            "index": 0
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          {
            "node": "Format Content",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Merge1",
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            "index": 1
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      ]
    },
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
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          {
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            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Merge",
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Is REJECTED?": {
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        [
          {
            "node": "Report Rejection",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ],
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          {
            "node": "Content Sanitization & Neutralization",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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          {
            "node": "Merge1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Check Success": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Merge",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 1
          }
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        [
          {
            "node": "Respond to Webhook",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Custom Message": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Respond to Webhook",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Format Content": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Final Quality Assurance & Delivery Readiness",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Merge1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 2
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            "node": "Validate trueCategories",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Report Rejection": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "EMAIL",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Validate trueCategories": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Check Success",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
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      ]
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    "Input Validation & Pattern Detection": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Is REJECTED?",
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Content Sanitization & Neutralization": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "REJECTED?",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Final Quality Assurance & Delivery Readiness": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Merge1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 3
          }
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      ]
    }
  }
}

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• openAiApi
• smtp

About this workflow

Protect your AI workflows from prompt injection attacks, XSS attempts, and malicious content with this multi-layer security sanitization system.

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