Threat Pulse 62High
OpenAI AI Pipeline Generates 948 Linux Root Escalation Exploits in 30-Hour Run
Severity 4Status unknownreportedEnergyAI and software supply chainAI-related

OpenAI on Wednesday detailed a pipeline that employed an upcoming cyber-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model to validate and patch 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux for $1.2 million in API costs. "Our prototype identified and analyzed 2,308 candidate Linux kernel findings, dynamically reproduced 1,724 vulnerabilities, and produced 948 local privilege escalation (LPE)

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· 6 h ago · The Hacker News
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Machine rubric: impact 2, exploitability 0, critical sector 1, unresolved +1; from The Hacker News (press, capped until a second source or a person confirms).

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