fix(judge): prevent target output from forging the LLM-judge verdict - #1898
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…VIDIA#1868) Sanitize untrusted text interpolated into the judge prompt and parse the judge's final verdict, so a target response cannot inject a forged [[N]]/[[YES]] rating to skew the score. Signed-off-by: Saurabh Maydeo <saurabhmaydeo@gmail.com>
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Closes #1868
garak's TAP / PAIR /
ModelAsJudgedetectors score jailbreak success with an LLM-as-judge: the target's response is interpolated into the judge prompt, the judge is asked to reply with a verdict likeRating: [[5]]/[[YES]], andprocess_output_judge_score/process_output_on_topic_scoreparse that token. Because the (attacker-controlled) target response was interpolated unescaped and the parser took the first[[...]]match, a target could append a forged verdict (e.g.Rating: [[1]]) to make a harmful response score as safe — a prompt injection of the judge. The issue includes a working PoC against a live judge.This hardens the shared judge primitives in
resources/red_team/evaluation.py, addressing both halves of the gap:get_evaluator_prompt/get_evaluator_prompt_on_topicneutralize the double-bracket verdict markers in interpolated text ([[1]]→[1]), so untrusted output can't carry a forged verdict into the judge's context.process_output_judge_score/process_output_on_topic_scorenow read the judge's final verdict instead of the first match, so any earlier token that still leaks through can't win.Both layers have regression tests.
Verified:
pytest tests/resources/red_team/test_evaluation.py tests/detectors/test_detectors_judge.py→ 41 passed;black --checkclean.Note:
detectors.judge.Jailbreak.detectbuilds its own<BEGIN RESPONSE>…evaluation prompt rather than going through these helpers. It benefits from the final-verdict parsing here, but its inline interpolation could get the same neutralization in a follow-up if you'd like it in scope.