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Researchers identify Ciphered Skill Injection (CSI), a method where malicious instructions are hidden in encoded skill files for AI agents to decode and execute. Tests on multiple models show that encoded instructions can be recovered and lead to successful attacks.
Researchers identify Ciphered Skill Injection (CSI), a method where malicious instructions are hidden in encoded skill files for AI agents to decode and execute. Tests on multiple models show that encoded instructions can be recovered and lead to successful attacks.
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Third-party skills can expose LLM agents to malicious instructions hidden by encoding. We introduce Ciphered Skill Injection (CSI), which embeds such instructions in skill files for agents to decode and follow. We evaluate Caesar and layered variants across eight models and 139 injection-task pairs, separating...
This reveals a novel security vulnerability in AI agents that rely on third-party skills, highlighting the need for improved safeguards against encoded malicious commands. Understanding CSI is crucial for developing defenses against such covert exploits.
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