When Search Goes Wrong: Red-Teaming Web-Augmented Large Language Models

arXiv:2510.09689v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have been augmented with web search to overcome the limitations of the static knowledge boundary by accessing up-to-date information from the open Internet. While this integration enhances model capability, it also introduces a distinct safety threat surface: the retrieval and citation process has the potential risk of exposing users to harmful or low-credibility web content. Existing red-teaming methods are l