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AI Coding Assistants Introduce Security Flaws in Generated Code

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

AI coding assistants like Copilot and Cursor often generate code with hardcoded secrets, wildcard CORS, and missing input validation. A scan of AI-generated projects using nine security engines found these patterns in every project. Developers must review and fix security issues before deploying AI-written code.

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The article highlights a real risk, but the headline overstates the secrecy—these flaws are well-known, and the real story is how few developers check AI output for security.
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