Vercel reports results of $1M Vercel Sandbox escape challenge
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Vercel says its $1M challenge to escape Vercel Sandbox drew 1,285 reports and paid $242,000 in bounties.
The challenge found one Linux kernel zero day. Vercel reports no evidence of customer data compromise from the challenge.
Guillermo Rauch, Vercel's CEO, says a white-hat researcher using AI agents broke through the Linux virtualization boundary of Vercel Sandbox during the challenge. Vercel says it is working with industry partners on the kernel zero day.
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Guillermo Rauch@rauchgXVercel says a researcher escaped its Linux sandbox in a $1M challengeAIGuillermo Rauch says a white-hat researcher using AI agents broke through the Linux virtualization boundary of Vercel Sandbox during a $1M escape challenge. The challenge drew 1,285 reports and paid $242,000 in bounties, along with one Linux kernel zero day. Vercel reports finding no evidence of customer data compromise and says it is working with industry partners.
Vercel@vercelOfficialVercel reports results from its $1M Sandbox escape challengeAIVercel says its $1M Vercel Sandbox escape challenge drew 1,285 reports and paid $242,000 in bounties. The challenge found one Linux kernel zero day and no reports of customer data compromise.
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