An LLM wrote the patch that stops a live vulnerability's proof of concept

An LLM came up with a patch against PHP master for the vulnerability, and it at least stops the PoC.

How it works

An LLM comes up with a patch against the language's main branch for the vulnerability
It at least stops the proof of concept

Why it’s worth knowing

At least stops the PoC is the honest first line of every real patch.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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