{
 "public_id": "AIR-2026-0108",
 "incident_id": "2026-05-gtig-ai-developed-zero-day",
 "date_disclosed": "2026-05-12",
 "date_occurred": null,
 "title": "First threat actor observed with a zero-day exploit assessed to have been developed with AI",
 "class": "in_the_wild",
 "attack_surface": "other",
 "initial_vector": "ai_assisted_vulnerability_research",
 "agent_capability_abused": [
  "vulnerability_discovery",
  "exploit_development"
 ],
 "target_product": "A popular open-source web-based system administration tool (2FA bypass)",
 "target_vendor": "undisclosed",
 "autonomy_level": "semi_autonomous",
 "impact_realized": false,
 "impact_type": [
  "authentication_bypass"
 ],
 "blast_radius": "Planned mass-exploitation operation; Google assesses its counter-discovery may have prevented use",
 "cve": [],
 "taxonomy": {
  "owasp_asi": [
   "ASI03"
  ],
  "mitre_atlas": [],
  "labels": [
   "ai_vulnerability_discovery",
   "offensive_uplift",
   "first_of_kind"
  ]
 },
 "defense_present": "Google proactive counter-discovery",
 "defense_bypassed": false,
 "fix_shipped": "Not stated",
 "primary_sources": [
  "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ai-vulnerability-exploitation-initial-access"
 ],
 "verified_quote": "For the first time, GTIG has identified a threat actor using a zero-day exploit that we believe was developed with AI. The criminal threat actor planned to use it in a mass exploitation operation but our proactive counter discovery may have prevented its use.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "notes": "The single most-cited 2026 data point for 'AI-driven vulnerability discovery used offensively'. Note GTIG hedges twice - 'we believe was developed with AI' and 'may have prevented its use' - and does not name the product or publish the exploit, so impact_realized is false. No independent corroboration exists.",
 "risk_category": "security_fraud",
 "risk_secondary": [],
 "risk_subcategory": "Unauthorized Access & Account Takeover",
 "risk_sub_secondary": [],
 "risk_override_reason": "the AI-assisted exploit produced an authentication bypass used by a real threat actor",
 "ai_entity": "generative",
 "agency": "human_acted_on_output",
 "agency_debatable": false,
 "agency_reason": "AI helped develop the exploit; the actor planned to deploy it",
 "vector_family": "other",
 "vector_detail": "ai_assisted_vulnerability_research",
 "guardrail_kind": [
  "unknown"
 ],
 "guardrail_outcome": "silent",
 "xrefs": {
  "aiid": [],
  "atlas": [],
  "cve": [],
  "ghsa": []
 },
 "primary_asi": "ASI03",
 "agent_framework": "unknown",
 "model_provider": "unknown",
 "model_name": "",
 "detection_mechanism": "vendor_disclosure",
 "tool_access": "unknown",
 "financial_loss_band": "unknown",
 "eai_category": "privilege_escalation",
 "eai_domain": "access_control_and_permissions",
 "eai_secondary": [],
 "eai_reason": "subcategory: Unauthorized Access & Account Takeover",
 "asi_curated": [],
 "asi_scope": "in_scope",
 "asi_provenance": "rule",
 "asi_reason": "ASI03 (eai_category=privilege_escalation, no code execution)",
 "submitted_by": "EAI Internal"
}