HTS-Attack: Heuristic Token Search for Jailbreaking Text-to-Image Models

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Autori principali: Gao, Sensen, Jia, Xiaojun, Huang, Yihao, Duan, Ranjie, Gu, Jindong, Bai, Yang, Liu, Yang, Guo, Qing
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author Gao, Sensen
Jia, Xiaojun
Huang, Yihao
Duan, Ranjie
Gu, Jindong
Bai, Yang
Liu, Yang
Guo, Qing
author_facet Gao, Sensen
Jia, Xiaojun
Huang, Yihao
Duan, Ranjie
Gu, Jindong
Bai, Yang
Liu, Yang
Guo, Qing
contents Text-to-Image(T2I) models have achieved remarkable success in image generation and editing, yet these models still have many potential issues, particularly in generating inappropriate or Not-Safe-For-Work(NSFW) content. Strengthening attacks and uncovering such vulnerabilities can advance the development of reliable and practical T2I models. Most of the previous works treat T2I models as white-box systems, using gradient optimization to generate adversarial prompts. However, accessing the model's gradient is often impossible in real-world scenarios. Moreover, existing defense methods, those using gradient masking, are designed to prevent attackers from obtaining accurate gradient information. While several black-box jailbreak attacks have been explored, they achieve the limited performance of jailbreaking T2I models due to difficulties associated with optimization in discrete spaces. To address this, we propose HTS-Attack, a heuristic token search attack method. HTS-Attack begins with an initialization that removes sensitive tokens, followed by a heuristic search where high-performing candidates are recombined and mutated. This process generates a new pool of candidates, and the optimal adversarial prompt is updated based on their effectiveness. By incorporating both optimal and suboptimal candidates, HTS-Attack avoids local optima and improves robustness in bypassing defenses. Extensive experiments validate the effectiveness of our method in attacking the latest prompt checkers, post-hoc image checkers, securely trained T2I models, and online commercial models.
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Gao, Sensen
Jia, Xiaojun
Huang, Yihao
Duan, Ranjie
Gu, Jindong
Bai, Yang
Liu, Yang
Guo, Qing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Cryptography and Security
Text-to-Image(T2I) models have achieved remarkable success in image generation and editing, yet these models still have many potential issues, particularly in generating inappropriate or Not-Safe-For-Work(NSFW) content. Strengthening attacks and uncovering such vulnerabilities can advance the development of reliable and practical T2I models. Most of the previous works treat T2I models as white-box systems, using gradient optimization to generate adversarial prompts. However, accessing the model's gradient is often impossible in real-world scenarios. Moreover, existing defense methods, those using gradient masking, are designed to prevent attackers from obtaining accurate gradient information. While several black-box jailbreak attacks have been explored, they achieve the limited performance of jailbreaking T2I models due to difficulties associated with optimization in discrete spaces. To address this, we propose HTS-Attack, a heuristic token search attack method. HTS-Attack begins with an initialization that removes sensitive tokens, followed by a heuristic search where high-performing candidates are recombined and mutated. This process generates a new pool of candidates, and the optimal adversarial prompt is updated based on their effectiveness. By incorporating both optimal and suboptimal candidates, HTS-Attack avoids local optima and improves robustness in bypassing defenses. Extensive experiments validate the effectiveness of our method in attacking the latest prompt checkers, post-hoc image checkers, securely trained T2I models, and online commercial models.
title HTS-Attack: Heuristic Token Search for Jailbreaking Text-to-Image Models
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13896