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PublishedApril 21, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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The Blind Spot of Agent Safety: How Benign User Instructions Expose Critical Vulnerabilities in Computer-Use Agents
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arXiv:2604.10577v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Computer-use agents (CUAs) can now autonomously complete complex tasks in real digital environments, but when misled, they can also be used to automate harmful actions programmatically. Existing safety evaluations largely target explicit thre
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