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OpenAI Launches Codex Security Vulnerability Scanner

Codex Security, free for the first month, found 792 critical and 10,561 high-severity vulnerabilities in 1.2 million commits during its testing phase, aiding developers and security teams.

  • On Friday, OpenAI began rolling out Codex Security in research preview to ChatGPT Enterprise, Business and Edu customers via Codex web, offering free usage for the next month.
  • Originally released as a private beta named Aardvark, OpenAI tested it last year, and in the past month Codex Security scanned 1.2 million commits, finding 792 critical and 10,561 high-severity issues.
  • Using frontier models, Codex Security analyzes repositories, pressure-tests vulnerabilities in sandboxed environments, generates proof-of-concept exploits to confirm impact, and proposes fixes for developers to review.
  • OpenAI is scanning major open-source repositories and sharing findings, already identifying bugs in OpenSSH, GnuTLS, PHP and Chromium while planning to expand support and tools for maintainers.
  • As attackers weaponize AI, frontier AI labs are deploying defensive tools; Ian Brelinsky, member of OpenAI's Codex Security team, said, `We wanted to make sure that we're empowering defenders,` though security executives expect a vendor mix.
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