AI BriefingStrengthening Security Capabilities Through Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure
Key point
OpenAI has announced an 'Outbound Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Policy' for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities in third-party software discovered through AI.
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OpenAI is introducing an 'Outbound Coordinated Disclosure Policy' for responsibly reporting security issues found in third-party software. This is a proactive measure to respond to the increasingly sophisticated ability of AI systems to find and patch security vulnerabilities.
OpenAI's systems have already discovered zero-day vulnerabilities in open source and third-party software, and going forward, AI-powered automated analysis and code review are expected to uncover even more vulnerabilities.
This policy includes the following:
- How discovered vulnerabilities are verified and prioritized
- Vendor contact and disclosure mechanisms
- Disclosure timing and methods (in principle, privacy-first)
- Impact-driven, collaborative attitude, careful approach, high scalability and low friction, and appropriate attribution
In particular, OpenAI has set vulnerability disclosure timelines to be open-ended by default. This decision anticipates that as AI's ability to analyze code weaknesses and generate reliable patches improves, the complexity of bugs found will increase, requiring deeper collaboration to resolve them.
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