arXiv:2611.09721v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLM agents benefit from using memory systems to improve performance on long-horizon, multi-session tasks. However, memory introduces a critical attack surface. Malicious instructions encountered in one session may be stored and propagated through memory before being retrieved and acted upon in later sessions. Because memory systems differ in how they process and retrieve information, the downstream effects of poisoning can vary significantly across systems. To quantify the effects of poisoning across different memory architectures, we introduce MemoryDojo, a benchmark for tracing the lifecycle of poisoned information through agent memory and measuring its influence on subsequent agent behavior. MemoryDojo is easily extensible, consists of 155 multi-session long-horizon trajectories covering four domains, and supports five different memory systems. Through our evaluation, we find that all memory systems are susceptible to memory poisoning, with substantial variation in downstream effects. We further propose a memory-aware poison optimization process that increases the poisoning efficacy, highlighting differences between memory architectures. We hope that MemoryDojo will support research on understanding and mitigating agentic memory risks.
MemoryDojo: Benchmarking Poisoning Through LLM Agent Memory
A new arXiv paper (2611.09721v1) introduces MemoryDojo, a benchmark for tracing how poisoned information propagates through LLM agent memory across sessions, and reports that all five memory systems tested are susceptible to memory poisoning with substantial variation in downstream effects. MemoryDojo consists of 155 multi-session, long-horizon trajectories spanning four domains and supports five memory systems; the authors also propose a memory-aware poison optimization process that increases poisoning efficacy and highlights differences between memory architectures.
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