Microsoft's FORGE Lab used an AI-powered vulnerability scanner called Hyenas to discover multiple memory safety bugs in Rust's standard library where safe Rust code can trigger undefined behavior. The findings reveal three recurring patterns of misplaced trust in unsafe code: not panicking guarantees, user-provided implementations, and assumptions about the underlying system.
Background
Microsoft made Rust a Tier-1 internal language alongside C++ and TypeScript, and major projects like Linux kernel, Android, and GitHub Copilot are increasingly adopting Rust. The language's safety guarantees are critical as its ecosystem grows to power infrastructure relied upon by billions daily.
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- Lobsters
- Published
- Nov 11, 2026 at 03:44 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10