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GPT-5.6 Sol and Gemini 4 Argon discover critical PHP vulnerability affecting millions of websites

Original titleOpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Google's Gemini 4 Argon found critical PHP flaw affecting millions of websites

Outlet: The Decoder
Published: Oct 22, 2026
Importance: 5/5

Summary

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Google's Gemini 4 Argon independently discovered a critical PHP vulnerability as part of the Patch the Planet initiative. OpenAI warns that the same AI capabilities used to find vulnerabilities can also help attackers exploit them.

Also reported by 4 outlets

Original excerpt

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol discovered a critical PHP vulnerability as part of the Patch the Planet initiative that could affect millions of websites. Security firm Wiz independently found the same flaw using Google's Gemini 4 Argon. OpenAI warns that the same AI capabilities that find vulnerabilities can help attackers too. The article OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Google's Gemini 4 Argon found critical PHP flaw affecting millions of websites appeared first on The Decoder.

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