{"data":{"id":"5e7b018a-383f-43f0-a709-8263d6a45f08","title":"Exploiting Vulnerabilities: Universal Adversarial Attacks on Vision-Language-Action Models in Robotics","summary":"Researchers propose a Universal Adversarial Object, a sphere with an optimized surface texture, that degrades the task success of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models when placed in a robot's field of view. Their multi-level attack framework disrupts trajectory planning, task execution and action control, and was validated in simulated and real-world robotic settings. The object reduces average task success rates by 31.2% to 39.9% for two VLA models, Pi0 and RDT, with success rates dropping to near zero in complex scenarios.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security","research"],"sourceUrl":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.39178v1","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T07:34:24.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":["model_evasion"],"issueType":"research","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Pi0","RDT"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":null,"headlinePromptVersion":null,"cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"epssCheckedAt":null,"kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":null,"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-09-30T07:34:24.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"advanced","impactType":["integrity","availability","safety"],"aiComponentTargeted":"model","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.95,"researchCategory":"preprint","atlasIds":null}}