October 25, 2024 at 08:51AM
Protect AI launched Vulnhuntr, a free open-source tool that identifies zero-day vulnerabilities in Python code using Anthropic’s Claude AI. Available on GitHub, it analyzes code in smaller sections to reduce false positives, focusing on vulnerabilities like SQL injection and cross-site scripting, discovering over a dozen in popular projects.
**Meeting Takeaways:**
1. **Launch of Vulnhuntr**: Protect AI has released Vulnhuntr, a free and open-source tool designed to identify zero-day vulnerabilities in Python codebases using Anthropic’s Claude AI model.
2. **Tool Features**:
– Available on GitHub.
– Provides detailed code analysis, proof-of-concept exploits for identified vulnerabilities, and confidence ratings for each flaw.
3. **Analysis Methodology**:
– The tool processes the codebase in smaller chunks instead of evaluating the entire file at once.
– This approach allows for a thorough mapping of the application, enhancing the tool’s ability to reduce false positives and negatives.
4. **Types of Vulnerabilities Detected**:
– Arbitrary file overwrite (AFO)
– Local file inclusion (LFI)
– Server-side request forgery (SSRF)
– Cross-site scripting (XSS)
– Insecure direct object references (IDOR)
– SQL injection (SQLi)
– Remote code execution (RCE)
5. **Early Success**: Vulnhuntr has already identified over a dozen zero-day vulnerabilities in well-known Python projects on GitHub, including gpt_academic, FastChat, and Ragflow.