Wiz Research discovered PHP2Shell - CVSS 9.2 vulnerabilities in core PHP affecting 70% of the web. Pleased to see the important role that Gemini 4 Argon played here, finding the vulnerability, developing the complex exploit chain, creating attack detectors and validating the patch, giving defenders an advantage.

Wiz Research has disclosed PHP2Shell, a set of CVSS 9.2 vulnerabilities in core PHP that it says affects 70% of the web. According to the post, Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Argon played a central role: finding the bug, building the exploit chain, creating attack detectors and validating the patch. It matters because it is a concrete case of frontier AI doing end-to-end offensive security work — and being turned to the defenders' advantage.

• Google DeepMind2026-10-21 17:16