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Large Language Models (LLMs) frequently generate buggy code with complex logic errors that are challenging to diagnose. While existing LLM-based self-repair approaches conduct intensive static semantic analysis or reply on superficial…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Yunkun Wang , Yue Zhang , Guochang Li , Chen Zhi , Binhua Li , Fei Huang , Yongbin Li , Shuiguang Deng

Fuzz testing has become a cornerstone technique for identifying software bugs and security vulnerabilities, with broad adoption in both industry and open-source communities. Directly fuzzing a function requires fuzz drivers, which translate…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Paschal C. Amusuo , Dongge Liu , Ricardo Andres Calvo Mendez , Jonathan Metzman , Oliver Chang , James C. Davis

Software vulnerabilities pose critical security threats, with nearly 50,000 CVEs reported in 2025. While Large Language Models (LLMs) show promise for automated vulnerability detection, three key challenges remain. First, LLM-generated…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Ze Sheng , Zhicheng Chen , Qingxiao Xu , Kewen Zhu , Jeff Huang

$ $Large Language Models (LLMs) are being increasingly utilized in various applications, with code generations being a notable example. While previous research has shown that LLMs have the capability to generate both secure and insecure…

Large Language Model (LLM) Agents leverage the advanced reasoning capabilities of LLMs in real-world applications. To interface with an environment, these agents often rely on tools, such as web search or database APIs. As the agent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Ivan Milev , Mislav Balunović , Maximilian Baader , Martin Vechev

With software maintenance accounting for 50% of the cost of developing software, enhancing code quality and reliability has become more critical than ever. In response to this challenge, this doctoral research proposal aims to explore…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Fernando Vallecillos Ruiz

Coding agents, which are LLM-driven agents specialized in software development, have become increasingly prevalent in modern programming environments. Unlike traditional AI coding assistants, which offer simple code completion and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Eunkyu Lee , Donghyeon Kim , Wonyoung Kim , Insu Yun

Software code generation using Large Language Models (LLMs) is one of the most successful applications of modern artificial intelligence. Foundational models are very effective for popular frameworks that benefit from documentation,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Dmitriy Kostunin , Vladimir Sotnikov , Sergo Golovachev , Abhay Mehta , Tim Lukas Holch , Elisa Jones

This paper presents a novel approach to evaluating the security of large language models (LLMs) against prompt leakage-the exposure of system-level prompts or proprietary configurations. We define prompt leakage as a critical threat to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Tvrtko Sternak , Davor Runje , Dorian Granoša , Chi Wang

In the modern era where software plays a pivotal role, software security and vulnerability analysis are essential for secure software development. Fuzzing test, as an efficient and traditional software testing method, has been widely…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Linghan Huang , Peizhou Zhao , Huaming Chen , Lei Ma

We introduce QualityFlow, a dynamic agentic workflow for program synthesis. Given the English description of a programming problem and a set of unit tests, the model's goal is to synthesize the correct program that solves the problem and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Yaojie Hu , Qiang Zhou , Qihong Chen , Xiaopeng Li , Linbo Liu , Dejiao Zhang , Amit Kachroo , Talha Oz , Omer Tripp

Rigorous software testing is crucial for developing and maintaining high-quality code, making automated test generation a promising avenue for both improving software quality and boosting the effectiveness of code generation methods.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Niels Mündler , Mark Niklas Müller , Jingxuan He , Martin Vechev

Generating code via a LLM (rather than writing code from scratch), has exploded in popularity. However, the security implications of LLM-generated code are still unknown. We performed a study that compared the security and quality of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Chun Jie Chong , Zhihao Yao , Iulian Neamtiu

As large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for code generation, concerns over the security risks have grown substantially. Early research has primarily focused on red teaming, which aims to uncover and evaluate vulnerabilities…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Chengquan Guo , Yuzhou Nie , Chulin Xie , Zinan Lin , Wenbo Guo , Bo Li

Generative AI is increasingly important in software engineering, including safety engineering, where its use ensures that software does not cause harm to people. This also leads to high quality requirements for generative AI. Therefore, the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-25 Florian Geissler , Karsten Roscher , Mario Trapp

Context: LLM-based multi-agent systems enable automation and decision support in software development, yet existing studies rely on benchmark datasets offering only binary pass-or-fail results, limiting insight into real-world…

Large language models generate plausible code but cannot verify correctness. Existing multi-agent systems simulate execution or leave verification optional. We introduce execution-grounded verification as a first-class principle: every code…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Rajesh Kumar , Waqar Ali , Junaid Ahmed , Najma Imtiaz Ali , Shaban Usman

Autonomous agents based on Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being utilized in complex software systems. However, reliability remains a significant challenge due to unpredictable failures such as hallucinations, execution…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Cheonsu Jeong , Younggun Shin

LLM coding agents now generate code at an unprecedented scale, yet LLM-generated code introduces cybersecurity vulnerabilities into codebases without human involvement. Even when frontier models are explicitly asked to write secure…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Houjun Liu , Lisa Einstein , John Yang , Joachim Baumann , Duncan Eddy , Christopher D. Manning , Mykel Kochenderfer , Diyi Yang

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into software engineering has revolutionized code generation, enabling unprecedented productivity through promptware and autonomous AI agents. However, this transformation introduces…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Satyam Kumar Navneet , Joydeep Chandra