How I Audit Security Patches with an AI Pipeline

Posted on Sat 02 May 2026 in Thought, AI, Security Research • Tagged with chronicles, AI agents, WebKit, security research, vulnerability research, patch auditing, methodology

Most security patch auditing tools look for known vulnerability patterns. They diff a commit, grep for dangerous functions, maybe flag things that look like what last year's CVEs looked like. That works for the obvious stuff. It doesn't work for the commit that says "no behavior change" and silently fixes …


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Patch Audit Schema - SOUNDNESS_CLAIMS Spec

Posted on Sat 02 May 2026 in Security Research • Tagged with methodology, patch auditing, schema, vulnerability research

This is the schema spec referenced in How I Audit Security Patches with an AI Pipeline. It defines the SOUNDNESS_CLAIMS format, the empirical proof requirement, and the adjacent-unpatched rule.

SOUNDNESS_CLAIMS Format

Each claim is a falsifiable hypothesis about a specific attack vector. Required fields:

F(x):          The trigger - exact JS …

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