{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7162691677","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214","title":"Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Unveiling Latent Attack in Latent-based Multi-Agent Systems","display_name":"Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Unveiling Latent Attack in Latent-based Multi-Agent Systems","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7162691677","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5137288518","display_name":"Chenxi Wang","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wang, Chenxi","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5137265551","display_name":"Ruiyang Huang","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Huang, Ruiyang","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5137193364","display_name":"Jiayan Sun","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sun, Jiayan","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5137219881","display_name":"Lei Wei","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wei, Lei","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5137221681","display_name":"Yifan Wu","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wu, Yifan","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11689","display_name":"Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning","score":0.2614000141620636,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11689","display_name":"Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning","score":0.2614000141620636,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11424","display_name":"Security and Verification in Computing","score":0.13169999420642853,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10028","display_name":"Topic Modeling","score":0.09880000352859497,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.5573999881744385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reuse","display_name":"Reuse","score":0.49459999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adversarial-system","display_name":"Adversarial system","score":0.47429999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/latent-variable","display_name":"Latent variable","score":0.41530001163482666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.3799999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control","display_name":"Control (management)","score":0.37689998745918274}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6320000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.5573999881744385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206588197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846574","display_name":"Reuse","level":2,"score":0.49459999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37736160","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1801315","display_name":"Adversarial system","level":2,"score":0.47429999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.4578000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51167844","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4422623","display_name":"Latent variable","level":2,"score":0.41530001163482666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.3799999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.37689998745918274},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778572836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380933","display_name":"Space (punctuation)","level":2,"score":0.3614000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779662365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5416694","display_name":"Event (particle physics)","level":2,"score":0.32670000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175154964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380077","display_name":"Task analysis","level":3,"score":0.2870999872684479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13662910","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193139","display_name":"Trajectory","level":2,"score":0.2809000015258789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2782999873161316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.2606000006198883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165696696","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11287","display_name":"Exploit","level":2,"score":0.26019999384880066}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.28214","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.49506843090057373,"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Latent-based":[0],"multi-agent":[1],"systems":[2],"replace":[3],"parts":[4],"of":[5,35,136],"explicit":[6],"inter-agent":[7,97],"communication":[8],"with":[9],"hidden":[10,103],"representations,":[11],"offering":[12],"a":[13,62],"new":[14],"direction":[15],"for":[16,145],"efficient":[17],"and":[18],"flexible":[19],"agent":[20],"collaboration.":[21],"However,":[22],"moving":[23],"coordination":[24],"into":[25,139],"latent":[26,44,63,71],"space":[27],"may":[28],"also":[29],"move":[30],"attacks":[31,84],"beyond":[32,147],"the":[33,81,137],"reach":[34],"visible-text":[36,148],"inspection.":[37,149],"In":[38],"this":[39,58,110],"paper,":[40],"we":[41,60],"study":[42],"whether":[43],"states":[45],"can":[46,85],"carry":[47],"attack-associated":[48],"information":[49],"that":[50,66,80,109,125],"remains":[51],"effective":[52],"during":[53],"clean":[54,91],"executions.":[55],"To":[56],"examine":[57],"question,":[59],"introduce":[61],"attack":[64,131],"framework":[65],"reactivates":[67],"attack-induced":[68],"effects":[69],"through":[70],"interventions":[72],"without":[73],"reusing":[74],"adversarial":[75],"text.":[76],"Extensive":[77],"experiments":[78],"show":[79],"resulting":[82],"latent-only":[83],"substantially":[86],"degrade":[87],"task":[88],"performance":[89],"in":[90],"executions,":[92],"especially":[93],"when":[94],"applied":[95],"to":[96,115],"KV-cache":[98],"handoffs":[99],"rather":[100],"than":[101],"local":[102],"states.":[104],"Further":[105],"control":[106],"analyses":[107],"indicate":[108],"degradation":[111],"cannot":[112],"be":[113],"reduced":[114],"arbitrary":[116],"perturbations":[117],"or":[118],"invalid":[119],"generation.":[120],"Overall,":[121],"our":[122],"findings":[123],"suggest":[124],"latent-based":[126],"collaboration":[127],"does":[128],"not":[129],"remove":[130],"risk.":[132],"It":[133],"shifts":[134],"part":[135],"risk":[138],"less":[140],"observable":[141],"execution":[142],"states,":[143],"calling":[144],"safeguards":[146]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-01T06:00:48.157686","created_date":"2026-05-29T00:00:00"}