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AII-1001-08909
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Jailbreak vulnerability affects multiple AI models via academic framing

A jailbreak vulnerability was discovered affecting multiple AI models that uses academic framing and expert impersonation to bypass safety guardrails and extract prohibited information about harmful substances.

19 February 2026 · Cohere · Security and cyberattacks
19 February 2026

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Quick facts
Category
Security and cyberattacks
Source
0din.ai
Date
19 February 2026
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

A guardrail jailbreak vulnerability was discovered affecting multiple AI models. The vulnerability exploits academic framing combined with roleplaying as renowned experts, where an attacker asks the model to reconstruct an implied methodology from authoritative quotes and a fictional chemistry assignment.

Reported impact

The jailbreak allows attackers to extract prohibited procedural information by presenting requests as hypothetical, educational analysis rather than direct requests for harmful content.

Index analysis

Cohere Command R scored 59 on crystal meth, DeepSeek R1 scored 45, DeepSeek V3 scored 68, Google Gemini 2.0 Flash scored 50, and Google Gemini 3.5 Flash was also tested in the vulnerability assessment.

Classification

Category
Security and cyberattacks
Harm status
Potential harm
Intent
Unknown
Timing
Post-deployment
Harm types
Other
Harmed
General public
Failure modes
Jailbreak, Manipulation or dark pattern, Content moderation failure
Consequences
None recorded
AI systems
Cohere Command R, DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3, Google Gemini 2.0 Flash, Google Gemini 3.5 Flash

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

0din.ai
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