Natural Code Transformation Confuses Agents in Vulnerability Analysis

Reported by arXiv cs.CR (Jie Zhu, Ronik Bhaskar, Heather Zheng, Ben Y. Zhao, Kexin Pei)

Summary by Cyber Security News14 Oct 2026, 06:00 CET

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arXiv:2610.14350v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Having demonstrated a strong potential for automating vulnerability discovery, AI agents can also be used to attack software systems at scale. Today's software systems need mechanisms to level the playing field by slowing down potential attacks, giving them time to patch vulnerabilities and strengthen software.

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