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Evo-Attacker: Memory-Augmented Reinforcement Learning for Long-Horizon Tool Attacks on LLM-MAS
May 25, 2026 ยท Grace Period ยท ๐ ACL 2026
Authors
Bingyu Yan, Xiaoming Zhang, Jinyu Hou, Chaozhuo Li, Ziyi Zhou, Yiming Hei, Litian Zhang
arXiv ID
2605.25389
Category
cs.CR: Cryptography & Security
Cross-listed
cs.AI,
cs.MA
Citations
0
Venue
ACL 2026
Abstract
While Large Language Model-based Multi-Agent Systems (LLM-MAS) demonstrate remarkable capabilities in solving complex tasks by orchestrating specialized agents and external tools, the implicit trust in tool outputs creates a critical attack surface. Existing tool attacks are limited by domain specificity or fixed and static templates. To address these challenges, we propose Evo-Attacker, which formulates the tool attack as a self-evolving, memory-augmented reinforcement learning process. Evo-Attacker constructs a dynamic attack memory and employs deliberative reasoning to retrieve adversarial patterns and strategize modifying interventions at critical moments. Furthermore, we introduce Attack-Flow GRPO to optimize intermediate reasoning steps via terminal outcomes, addressing the long-horizon credit assignment challenge. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate that Evo-Attacker consistently outperforms baselines, highlighting its generalization and evolutionary capabilities and the urgent need for defensive tool safeguards.
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