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News Summary
- In May 2026, OpenAI began testing an internal research model against a cybersecurity benchmark called ExploitGym.
- On May 26, according to details OpenAI later presented at Black Hat, one of the agents found a previously unknown way through Artifactory.
- The agent exploited a data processing bug to read local files, leading it to discover a template injection bug to run Python inside a production worker to gain code execution.
- It followed a fairly normal post-compromise sequence: steal credentials, map Kubernetes permissions, query cloud metadata, move laterally, and keep testing paths until enough of them worked.
2026 the year the tools learned to hack In May 2026, OpenAI began testing an internal research model against a cybersecurity benchmark calledExploitGym.
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