Backdoored Retrievers for Prompt Injection Attacks on Retrieval Augmented Generation of Large Language Models
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in generating coherent text but remain limited by the static nature of their training data. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) addresses this issue by combining LLMs with up-to-date information retrieval, but also expand the attack surface of the system. This paper investigates prompt injection attacks on RAG, focusing on malicious objectives beyond misinformation, such as inserting harmful links, promoting unauthorized services, and initiating denial-of-service behaviors. We build upon existing corpus poisoning techniques and propose a novel backdoor attack aimed at the fine-tuning process of the dense retriever component. Our experiments reveal that corpus poisoning can achieve significant attack success rates through the injection of a small number of compromised documents into the retriever corpus. In contrast, backdoor attacks demonstrate even higher success rates but necessitate a more complex setup, as the victim must fine-tune the retriever using the attacker poisoned dataset.
Code (0)
등록된 구현이 없습니다.
Tasks
Backdoor AttackInformation RetrievalMisinformationRAGRetrievalRetrieval-augmented GenerationMethods 이 논문이 사용한 방법론
Similar Papers 제목 키워드 기반
DeRAG: Black-box Adversarial Attacks on Multiple Retrieval-Augmented Generation Applications via Prompt Injection
Adversarial prompt attacks can significantly alter the reliability of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems by re-ranking them to produce incorrect outputs. In this paper, we present a novel method that applies Di…
Question AnsweringConflict-Aware Retriever Editing for Knowledge Injection Attacks on LLM-Based RAG Systems
Injecting malicious knowledge into retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems can manipulate retrieved evidence and mislead downstream generation, posing a serious security threat for AI applications. Existing RAG inje…
Backdooring Instruction-Tuned Large Language Models with Virtual Prompt Injection
Instruction-tuned Large Language Models (LLMs) have become a ubiquitous platform for open-ended applications due to their ability to modulate responses based on human instructions. The widespread use of LLMs holds signif…
Backdoor AttackIllusions of Relevance: Using Content Injection Attacks to Deceive Retrievers, Rerankers, and LLM Judges
Consider a scenario in which a user searches for information, only to encounter texts flooded with misleading or non-relevant content. This scenario exemplifies a simple yet potent vulnerability in neural Information Ret…
Information RetrievalLarge Language ModelRetrievalMultimodal Prompt Injection Attacks: Risks and Defenses for Modern LLMs
Large Language Models (LLMs) have seen rapid adoption in recent years, with industries increasingly relying on them to maintain a competitive advantage. These models excel at interpreting user instructions and generating…
Information Retrieval