Claude Flags 493 Security Flaws in Open-Source Code — SkimNews
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- Claude flagged 493 security issues across 25 open-source projects covering 5M+ lines of C, C++, Java, PHP, and Python code, according to Anthropic's Chris Rohlf.
- One of the flagged vulnerabilities went unnoticed for 21 years, per Rohlf's post, suggesting long-dormant flaws exist in widely-used codebases even after years of human review.
Why it matters: The 25 open-source projects receive a free large-scale security audit they likely never had the resources to conduct themselves, while Anthropic gains a headline demonstration of Claude's ability to find bugs that escaped two decades of human scrutiny.
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