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StepJack: New Multi-Step Indirect Prompt Injection Threat to Computer-Use Agents

StepJack introduces a novel multi-step indirect prompt injection attack targeting computer-use agents by distributing adversarial instructions across multiple web pages. This attack decomposes malicious goals into innocuous sub-steps to evade detection during agent navigation.

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-08-06T18:14:30+00:00 Detected 2026-08-10T05:23:21+00:00
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StepJack introduces a novel multi-step indirect prompt injection attack targeting computer-use agents by distributing adversarial instructions across multiple web pages. This attack decomposes malicious goals into innocuous sub-steps to evade detection during agent navigation.

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Computer-use agents (CUAs) face a growing threat from indirect prompt injection, where adversarial instructions are planted in the environment such as web pages. In this paper, we introduce multi-step indirect prompt injection, a new attack class against CUAs in which the adversarial goal is decomposed into...

As computer-use agents increasingly interact with complex web environments, understanding and benchmarking their vulnerability to multi-step indirect prompt injections is critical for improving AI safety. This research highlights a sophisticated attack vector that could compromise agent behavior in...

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Signal Strength 95% Technical label SOURCE-BACKED Public Interest 29 Category SECURITY Reader Depth TECHNICAL

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