{"slug": "the-ai-code-vulnerabilities-that-grow-with-your-app", "title": "The AI code vulnerabilities that grow with your app", "summary": "Theori built 28 apps using AI coding agents from Anthropic and OpenAI and found that while the models avoided common injection flaws like SQL injection and cross-site scripting, they introduced other vulnerabilities that grow with the application. The security firm tested apps built from a spec, a casual prompt, and a rewritten PHP codebase, scanning each through its pentesting platform.", "body_md": "Theori built 28 apps with AI coding agents and scanned each one through its pentesting platform. Five models did the building, split between Anthropic and OpenAI, across apps written from a spec, thrown together from a casual prompt, and rewritten from an aging PHP codebase. The team went in expecting injection everywhere. SQL injection, cross-site scripting, the bugs that fill security tutorials. Those barely showed up. The models reached for prepared statements and ORMs on … [More ](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/23/report-ai-code-vulnerabilities/)\n\nThe post [The AI code vulnerabilities that grow with your app](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/23/report-ai-code-vulnerabilities/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-code-vulnerabilities-that-grow-with-your-app", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/23/report-ai-code-vulnerabilities/", "published_at": "2026-07-23 04:30:24+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 04:52:51.977069+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Theori", "Anthropic", "OpenAI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-code-vulnerabilities-that-grow-with-your-app", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-code-vulnerabilities-that-grow-with-your-app.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-code-vulnerabilities-that-grow-with-your-app.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-code-vulnerabilities-that-grow-with-your-app.jsonld"}}