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Glossary: AI Security and Guardrails

Pinned

Also written: pin, pinning, pip --require-hashes

Fixed to an exact version, and ideally a hash, such as `anthropic==2.1.0`, so an upgrade can't arrive unannounced. Models and MCP tool definitions can be pinned the same way.

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HashTyposquattingRug pull