BinaryAudit
Agents use reverse engineering tools such as Ghidra and radare2 to find backdoors, timebombs and malicious code hidden in compiled binaries of real open-source software.
33 tasks and 26 models as of March 7th, 2026. Runs on Harbor.
- Made by
- Quesma
- Released
- December 2025
- Kind
- Finding and exploiting real bugs
- Level
- Expert
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Agent task
- Tasks
- All public
- Strongest model tested
- GPT-5.4 #27 on the capability index
- Last model added
- March 2026
- Scores refreshed
- November 12th, 2026
2 models share the top score of 49.1% among models released by March 2026
Best score per model from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best. Every run is in the next chart.
The newest model with a score here came out in March 2026, and nobody has tested a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:
- Claude Fable 5.2
-
Gemini 4 Carbon
- GPT-6 Astra
- Claude Opus 5.5
- and 16 more
- 49.1 Claude Opus 4.6
- 49.1
Gemini 3.1 Pro
- 45.6 GPT-5.2 Codex
- 43.9
Gemini 3 Pro
- 42.1 GPT-5.3 Codex
- 36.8 Claude Opus 4.5
- 36.8
Gemini 3 Flash
- 26.3 Claude Sonnet 4.5
- 24.6 GLM-4.7
- 24.6 Kimi K2.5
- 21.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro
- 19.3 GLM-5
- 17.5 GPT-5.2
- 17.5 GPT-5.4
- 14.0 Claude Sonnet 4
- 12.3
DeepSeek-V3.2
- 10.5 Claude Haiku 4.5
- 8.77 Grok 4
- 7.02 Grok 4.1 Fast
- 1.75 GPT-5
- 1 Claude Opus 4.6 49.1%
- 2
Gemini 3.1 Pro 49.1%
- 3 GPT-5.2 Codex xhigh 45.6%
- 4
Gemini 3 Pro 43.9%
- 5 GPT-5.3 Codex 42.1%
- 6 Claude Opus 4.5 36.8%
- 7
Gemini 3 Flash 36.8%
- 8 Claude Sonnet 4.5 26.3%
- 9 GLM-4.7 24.6%
- 10 Kimi K2.5 24.6%
- 11
Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 21.1%
- 12 GLM-5 19.3%
- 13 GPT-5.2 17.5%
- 14 GPT-5.4 xhigh 17.5%
- 15 Claude Sonnet 4 14%
- 16
DeepSeek-V3.2 12.3%
- 17 Claude Haiku 4.5 10.5%
- 18 Grok 4 8.77%
- 19 Grok 4.1 Fast 7.02%
- 20 GPT-5 1.75%
Source: Official BinaryAudit leaderboard
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 49.1% | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 2 | | 49.1% | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Codex | 45.6% | xhigh | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 4 | | 43.9% | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 5 | GPT-5.3 Codex | 42.1% | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.5 | 36.8% | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 7 | | 36.8% | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 8 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 26.3% | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 9 | GLM-4.7 | 24.6% | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 10 | Kimi K2.5 | 24.6% | Jan 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 11 | | 21.1% | Jun 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 12 | GLM-5 | 19.3% | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 13 | GPT-5.2 | 17.5% | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 14 | GPT-5.4 | 17.5% | xhigh | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 15 | Claude Sonnet 4 | 14% | May 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 16 | | 12.3% | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 17 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | 10.5% | Oct 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 18 | Grok 4 | 8.77% | Jul 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 19 | Grok 4.1 Fast | 7.02% | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 20 | GPT-5 | 1.75% | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
Detection vs false alarms
Pass rate at finding and locating a backdoor against how often a model wrongly flags clean code; models in the upper left detect more with fewer false alarms. The line joins the runs that no other run beats on both measures. We redrew this chart from the numbers on the official leaderboard.
| Model | Setting | Pass rate | False positive rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| | 49.1% | 16.7% | |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | 49.1% | 21.7% | |
| GPT-5.2 Codex | xhigh | 45.6% | 0% |
| | 43.9% | 65.2% | |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | 42.1% | 16.7% | |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 36.8% | 25% | |
| | 36.8% | 31.6% | |
| GPT-5.2 Codex | high | 35.1% | 0% |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 26.3% | 27.3% | |
| GLM-4.7 | 24.6% | 21.7% | |
| Kimi K2.5 | 24.6% | 54.2% | |
| | 21.1% | 85.7% | |
| GLM-5 | 19.3% | 37.5% | |
| GPT-5.2 | 17.5% | 0% | |
| GPT-5.4 | xhigh | 17.5% | 29.2% |
| GPT-5.4 | high | 14% | 0% |
| Claude Sonnet 4 | 14% | 18.2% | |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | high | 12.3% | 0% |
| | 12.3% | 9.1% | |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | 10.5% | 0% | |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 10.5% | 33.3% | |
| GPT-5.2 Codex | 8.8% | 0% | |
| Grok 4 | 8.8% | 47.8% | |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 7% | 0% | |
| GPT-5 | 1.8% | 0% | |
| GPT-5.4 | 1.8% | 4.2% |
The best score, 49.1%, costs $41 for the full run
Runs on the cost frontier score higher than any run that's cheaper. The costs are the leaderboard's own estimates, so compare them only within this benchmark.
Source: Official BinaryAudit leaderboard
| Model | Effort | Harness | Score | Cost of the full run | Output tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.6 | 49.1% | $286 | |||
| | 49.1% | $41 | |||
| GPT-5.2 Codex | xhigh | 45.6% | $107 | ||
| | 43.9% | $28 | |||
| GPT-5.3 Codex | 42.1% | $64 | |||
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 36.8% | $128 | |||
| | 36.8% | $18 | |||
| GPT-5.2 Codex | high | 35.1% | $80 | ||
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 26.3% | $51 | |||
| GLM-4.7 | 24.6% | $19 | |||
| Kimi K2.5 | 24.6% | $19 | |||
| | 21.1% | $78 | |||
| GLM-5 | 19.3% | $26 | |||
| GPT-5.2 | 17.5% | $34 | |||
| GPT-5.4 | xhigh | 17.5% | $95 | ||
| Claude Sonnet 4 | 14% | $150 | |||
| GPT-5.4 | high | 14% | $64 | ||
| | 12.3% | $4.67 | |||
| GPT-5.3 Codex | high | 12.3% | $28 | ||
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 10.5% | $23 | |||
| GPT-5.3 Codex | 10.5% | $16 | |||
| Grok 4 | 8.77% | $36 | |||
| GPT-5.2 Codex | 8.77% | $25 | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 7.02% | $1.45 | |||
| GPT-5 | 1.75% | $25 | |||
| GPT-5.4 | 1.75% | $52 |
3 models have held number one on the official leaderboard since its release in December 2025
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Source: Official BinaryAudit leaderboard
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Source: Official BinaryAudit leaderboard
No lab model card reports it yet
We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 labs, and none of them list this benchmark.
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