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Re: Coordinated Disclosure in the LLM Age


From: Clemens Lang <cllang () redhat com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:52:14 +0200

Hi,

On 29. Apr 2026, at 05:18, Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 () gmail com> wrote:

I'm sorely tempted, both due to the increased volume and the risk of premature disclosure, to just assume that any 
vulnerability reported as a result of research using an LLM is trivially discoverable by others, and give up trying 
to pretend there's any point to working it under embargo.

You are correct here:  you should assume that any LLM will give a similar result to another person who asks a similar 
question.  In other words, LLM-discovered vulnerabilities should be considered already publicly known.

As a further data point backing up this theory: We’re seeing duplicate reports of the same issue found by multiple 
independent groups that use LLMs, within the embargo period.

-- 
Clemens Lang
RHEL Crypto Team
Red Hat


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