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Jailbreaks on Vision Language Model via Multimodal Reasoning

arXiv 2601.22398 ↗First posted 29 Jan 2026cs.CV cs.AIcited by 2

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Abstract (arXiv)

Vision-language models (VLMs) have become central to tasks such as visual question answering, image captioning, and text-to-image generation. However, their outputs are highly sensitive to prompt variations, which can reveal vulnerabilities in safety alignment. In this work, we present a jailbreak framework that exploits post-training Chain-of-Thought (CoT) prompting to construct stealthy prompts capable of bypassing safety filters. To further increase attack success rates (ASR), we propose a ReAct-driven adaptive noising mechanism that iteratively perturbs input images based on model feedback. This approach leverages the ReAct paradigm to refine adversarial noise in regions most likely to activate safety defenses, thereby enhancing stealth and evasion. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed dual-strategy significantly improves ASR while maintaining naturalness in both text and visual domains.

Key facts. Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Reasoning for agents, planning and code, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 12 of its 12 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 29 Jan 2026.

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  1. 2022ReAct: Synergizing Reasoning and Acting in Language Modelscited by 8,355
  2. 2022PaLM: Scaling Language Modeling with Pathwayscited by 5,304
  3. 2023A Comprehensive Capability Analysis of GPT-3 and GPT-3.5 Series Modelscited by 244
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  5. 2024Safety Fine-Tuning at (Almost) No Cost: A Baseline for Vision Large Language Modelscited by 160
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  1. 2025HiddenDetect: Detecting Jailbreak Attacks against Large Vision-Language Models via Monitoring Hidden States
  2. 2025Towards Effective MLLM Jailbreaking Through Balanced On-Topicness and OOD-Intensity
  3. 2025VERA-V: Variational Inference Framework for Jailbreaking Vision-Language Models
  4. 2025Beyond Text: Multimodal Jailbreaking of Vision-Language and Audio Models through Perceptually Simple Transformations
  5. 2025TAIJI: Textual Anchoring for Immunizing Jailbreak Images in Vision Language Models
  6. 2025PRISM: Programmatic Reasoning with Image Sequence Manipulation for LVLM Jailbreaking
  7. 2026Fully Unleashing the Multimodal Attacker: Meta-Adaptive Jailbreaking of Vision-Language Models
  8. 2024Steering Away from Harm: An Adaptive Approach to Defending Vision Language Model Against Jailbreaks