Anthropic Launches OSS Scanner, a Free AI Vulnerability Scanner
Anthropic has launched OSS Scanner , a free, opt-in vulnerability scanner for critical open-source projects. The Anthropic OSS Scanner runs the company’s strongest models, including Claude Mythos , against enrolled codebases. Reports go straight to maintainers without human review. That trade delivers faster findings, but shifts triage work onto project teams. 11 days after the October 8 launch, Anthropic reported 77 critical and 803 high model-rated findings . TL;DR Scale: 114 projects accepted from about 650 applications, as of October 19. Runs on: Anthropic’s infrastructure, free. Maintainers supply a Dockerfile; audits run in an isolated VM with no Internet. Performance: 85 of 97 audited critical and high findings (88%) met Anthropic’s disclosure bar. Best: Only 1 of 97 audited findings was a false positive. wolfSSL says 72 of 74 reports were valid. Worst: No human review before delivery. 11 of 97 audited findings duplicated known iss...
