Quantization-Triggered Backdoors in Language Models: Cross-Quantizer Transferability and the Validation--Deployment Gap

arXiv:2608.27512 · cs.LG, cs.AI, cs.CL, cs.CR · Submitted 2026-08-27 · Read on arXiv

cs.LG, cs.AI, cs.CL, cs.CR

Submitted: 2026-08-27

Updated: 2026-08-27

Comments: Accepted at the 21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2026)

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Quantization — 9× in this paper · explained in 12 episodes
• Transferability — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Edge AI — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Edge Deployment — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Fine-Tuning — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

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