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Schneier on Security
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February 18, 2026 at 15:03 UTC
AI Found Twelve New Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL
By Bruce Schneier
AI Summary
AI security researchers discovered 12 new zero-day vulnerabilities in OpenSSL that were unknown to maintainers at disclosure time, all found during fall/winter 2025 using an AI system. Ten vulnerabilities received CVE-2025 identifiers and two received CVE-2026 identifiers in the January 27, 2026 security release. This represents a significant breakthrough in AI-powered vulnerability discovery and demonstrates the potential for automated security research at scale.
Relevance score: 98.0/100
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