Maintainer says an AI tool filed a high-severity report for a basic memory bug
jedisct1 · x · 2026-07-22
A maintainer says they received a high-severity security advisory plus a PoC from an AI tool, but the report appears to misunderstand the bug entirely.
The accompanying image argues that the issue is a basic buffer-handling mistake in libsodium's cryptokx module, not the dramatic exploit the report claims. The post is mainly a complaint about maintainers wasting time on low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports.
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