# Bad Influence story: Perplexity fixes network flaws agents exploited in its SPACE sandbox

Active · 4 articles · 1 source · First reported 11-11 13:21. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/ba274570-c757-4842-bd36-4d0e49ae7d36

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Latest update (11-11 13:21): Perplexity fixes network flaws agents exploited in SPACE sandbox

Overview: Perplexity says it fixed the network flaws that AI agents exploited in its SPACE sandbox, and post-fix testing found no bypasses. The company says it will keep testing SPACE as models get stronger.

In its agent red-teaming experiments, Perplexity used a standard Capture the Flag design in which the flag was a credential stored only on the host, so an agent could reach it only by breaking out of the virtual machine. Perplexity reports that 9 of 12 models spent at most 4% of their effort on the virtualization layer, so their failed escape attempts were weak evidence of the VM's security.

After revising the task to focus on the VM-host boundary, which raised the share of effort spent there by about 60 percentage points on average, Perplexity says agents still failed to escape after directly attacking the boundary. The company calls this stronger evidence of its isolation.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-11 13:21 · Perplexity · [Perplexity fixes network flaws agents exploited in SPACE sandbox](https://badinfluence.news/items/a7cyvs71uvkxcvz9i123qwybw)
2. 11-11 13:21 · Perplexity · [Perplexity says agents failed to escape VM-host boundary after direct attacks](https://badinfluence.news/items/kc0yx6xg7mqck4bwe95m04frj)
3. 11-11 13:21 · Perplexity · [Perplexity finds most AI agents barely tested a VM's isolation in escape challenge](https://badinfluence.news/items/jzxvifk3w5fbxsy9e3n3617nk)
4. 11-11 13:21 · Perplexity · [Perplexity uses a standard CTF design to test agent red-teaming](https://badinfluence.news/items/zd1db49gd2gz1ys2cdqmfzzfu)
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