# OpenAI security AI patched over 3,000 critical and high-severity vulnerabilities

- slug: openai-security-ai-patched-over-3000-critical-and-high-severity-vulnerabilities
- date: 2026-04-16
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Organizations outside OpenAI’s vetted cybersecurity program face a widening capability gap — cheaper AI tools can already replicate the same vulnerability findings that frontier models produce, raising questions about who the access restrictions actually protect.

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