{"data":{"id":"7a1c0eb0-fd2c-45e7-b639-21b71868b7b2","title":"The Agent in the Middle: How AI-Mediated Access Reshapes Web Vulnerability Exploitation","summary":"The researchers introduce VELA, an executable benchmark of 44 vulnerabilities across twelve Web application families, with agent-facing interfaces derived from legitimate workflows. They evaluate three commercial agents and find that interface design, not agent choice, mainly sets exploitability: 91% of vulnerabilities stay exploitable under the reference design, and retention moves from 39% to 95% across interface configurations versus at most 4.5 points across agents. Some restrictive interfaces also block legitimate workflows.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security","research"],"sourceUrl":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35541v1","publishedAt":"2026-10-26T14:53:22.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":["other"],"issueType":"research","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":[],"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":"2026-10-26T14:53:22.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["confidentiality","integrity"],"aiComponentTargeted":"agent","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":"preprint","atlasIds":null}}