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SPIDES: Enhancing Browser Agent Security Against Prompt Injection

Browser agents that automate workflows by interacting with web content face risks like prompt injection and data leaks, undermining web security policies such as the Same-Origin Policy. The SPIDES approach proposes restoring these security boundaries to protect users from such vulnerabilities.

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-10-16T22:12:45+00:00 Detected 2026-10-20T01:23:15+00:00
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Browser agents that automate workflows by interacting with web content face risks like prompt injection and data leaks, undermining web security policies such as the Same-Origin Policy. The SPIDES approach proposes restoring these security boundaries to protect users from such vulnerabilities.

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Browser agents automate complex workflows by reading and acting on arbitrary page content, but this flexibility exposes them to prompt injection attacks and unintended data exfiltration. Recent work argues that LLM-driven browser agents erode traditional web security boundaries such as the Same-Origin Policy (SOP)...

As LLM-driven browser agents gain capabilities to act across web origins with user authority, traditional security models are weakened, increasing the risk of data exfiltration and attacks. Strengthening information-flow control is crucial to maintaining user security and privacy in automated web i...

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