OpenAI cyber model found 948 Linux kernel exploits

OpenAI’s automated kernel research pipeline found 948 working local privilege escalation exploits in a single mid-October 2026 run.

The five-stage system runs on an upcoming cyber model.

The pipeline scales a June disclosure in which GPT-5.5 Cyber identified kernel flaws and built 24 such exploits to validate and report them.

GPT-5.6 Sol, an earlier OpenAI model, produced 166 such exploits in a late-July run.

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