Hacktron: Claude helped researchers reach OpenAI’s internal GitHub
SiliconANGLE reports Hacktron researchers chained a libheif RCE on OpenAI’s Discourse forum with an SSO misconfiguration, took over employee ChatGPT/Codex accounts, and opened a harmless PR in OpenAI’s private monorepo as proof. OpenAI patched within about 14 hours and paid a $6,500 bounty; Claude Opus 5 helped bypass ASLR after Opus 4.8 stalled.
