OpenSSH

Researchers tasked a large model with autonomous Linux privilege escalation and it produced 400+ working local-to-root zero-day exploits at roughly 2.5 hours each, far outpacing human reverse engineers who needed weeks per case. A follow-up run with GPT-6 Cyber reproduced 1,724 kernel vulnerabilities and successfully exploited 948 at about $1.21M total cost, including at least 10 previously undisclosed techniques. AI now delivers end-to-end vulnerability discovery and weaponization, fundamentally shifting attacker-defender economics.