You don't need frontier models: open-weight LLMs easily find code vulnerabilities
DanielLockyer · x · 2026-10-23
Daniel Lockyer notes that finding security vulnerabilities doesn't require a smart unreleased frontier model — simply pointing one of many open-weight models at a codebase surfaces vulnerabilities easily. A reminder for both defenders and attackers that locally runnable open models now have practical vuln-hunting capability.
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