AI agent incident

Kimi K3 agents found four Redis zero-days and built working exploits

Reported · 1 source

  • autonomous-attack
  • cve

What happened

Researchers reported that Kimi K3 agents autonomously found four zero-day remote code execution flaws in Redis and assembled exploit chains for them, which led Redis to publish seven security releases on 23 July.

Why it matters

Vulnerability discovery at this level used to be scarce and expensive human work. Agents doing it independently changes the patching calculus for anyone running widely deployed infrastructure.

Sources

  1. The Hacker News Kimi K3 Agents Found Redis Zero-Days and Built RCE Exploit, Researchers Say

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“Kimi K3 agents found four Redis zero-days and built working exploits.” The Permission Layer AI Agent Incident Database, https://thepermissionlayer.com/incidents/kimi-k3-redis-zero-days/. Database updated October 22, 2026.

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