Vulnerability Research and Discovery

Systematic methodology for finding novel, undisclosed vulnerabilities in source code, compiled binaries, and live systems. This skill guides the research process from intelligence gathering through proof-of-concept development to responsible disclosure.

This is the discovery skill - it finds vulnerabilities nobody has catalogued yet. For exploiting known weaknesses on live systems, use privilege-escalation. For scanning code against known vulnerability patterns, use security-audit.

Target versions: September 2026 snapshot. Read references/target-versions.md before pinning static analysis, reversing, fuzzing, or debugger tooling.

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