Researchers used Claude AI to discover a command-injection 0-day in radare2. A crafted PDB symbol name allowed arbitrary command execution when a binary was analyzed, showing the power of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.
MAD Bugs: Claude Wrote a Full FreeBSD Remote Kernel RCE with Root Shell (CVE-2026-4747)
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Researchers showed that the Claude AI model could generate a working exploit for a FreeBSD kernel vulnerability (CVE-2026-4747), producing a remote root shell by building a stack overflow and ROP chain with minimal human guidance.