OpenAI says its AI found 948 Linux flaws and wrote an exploit for every one

An automated pipeline produced working root-access attacks for the Linux kernel at roughly $1,279 apiece, raising fresh questions for crypto security OpenAI says its AI found 948 security holes in the Linux kernel. It also says the AI built a working attack for every single one of them. The disclosure, made on November 4, 2026, lands squarely in crypto’s backyard. Security voices in the industry argue that decentralization makes crypto more resilient than traditional software. According to OpenAI, the flaws are local privilege escalation vulnerabilities, known in security circles as LPEs. An LPE lets someone with limited access on a machine gain root control. Root is the top level of permission. Whoever holds it can do essentially anything on that system.

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