OpenAI's upcoming cyber model found and patched 948 Linux privilege escalation vulns in one run for $1.2M

Distinct-Question-16 · reddit · 2026-11-05

OpenAI says its security researchers built an autonomous pipeline for cyber vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and patching. In a single run with an upcoming cyber model, it validated and generated patches for 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, at a total API cost of $1.2 million ($1,260 per vulnerability).

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