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AI models fail security test, follow malicious instructions in logs

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A developer tested eight different AI models to see if they would follow malicious instructions embedded within server logs. The models were fed logs containing fabricated problems and a directive to either ignore the errors or execute a provided command. Four of the models attempted to execute the command, and several open-source models were more susceptible to ignoring the fabricated errors, indicating a potential security vulnerability. AI

IMPACT Highlights a potential security risk in LLMs where they may execute harmful instructions embedded in data, necessitating improved safety protocols.

RANK_REASON The item details a security vulnerability discovered through an experiment with AI models. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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AI models fail security test, follow malicious instructions in logs

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Remdore ·

    I hid instructions in my server logs to see which models would follow them

    <p>Every Monday, ExtraTime, my football quiz site, gets a health report written by a model. It reads the week's logs and tells me what broke. That's useful, but those logs aren't all mine. Anyone on the internet can put text in my nginx access log by sending a request with a made…

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