An X user claimed a 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability, but 7-Zip’s creator says is a fake

A Twitter user claimed a zero-day vulnerability in 7-Zip, but the software’s creator and security experts dismissed it as fake. The exploit code, published on Pastebin, was criticized for containing a non-existent function and hardcoded function addresses. The creator of 7-Zip concluded that the exploit was likely generated by an AI language model.