OpenAI's cyber pipeline finds and patches 948 Linux kernel privilege escalation flaws at ~$1,000 each
gdb · x · 2026-11-05
- OpenAI's 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.
- Greg Brockman notes the team has validated and prepared the patches — about $1,000 per vulnerability — calling it an emerging scalable approach to hardening both open source and proprietary projects.
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