AISLE
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 10 vulnerability scanners by recommenders
Recommended for finding real security bugs in projects like curl, with praise for skilled engineers. Critics say the claims are overstated, noting some findings are rated Low severity.
Recommended for finding real security bugs in projects like curl, with praise for skilled engineers. Critics say the claims are overstated, noting some findings are rated Low severity.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Finds actual security issues
“There are others like AISLE who seem to be a bit more successful in finding actual issues”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Greg Kroah-Hartman – Security in the LLM Age [video]” “seem to be a bit more successful in finding actual issues using LLMs”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Greg Kroah-Hartman – Security in the LLM Age [video]” “a bit more successful in finding actual issues using LLMs”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Greg Kroah-Hartman – Security in the LLM Age [video]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Claims overstated, seen as hype
“All six are rated Low severity. This says it all. Nothing important was missing. This is marketing hype.”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Six curl CVEs after OpenAI and Anthropic came back with zero” “Overall I rate Aisle intellectually dishonest hypemongers talking their own book.”
Comment from 11 Apr 2026 in “Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found” “they're bashing Aisle for their disingenuous claims”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found”
Other vulnerability scanners people recommend
The four most recommended other vulnerability scanners, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Codex Security | 21 | 30 | 41% | 4 | — | — |
| govulncheck | 13 | 0 | 100% | 9 | — | Approved |
| AISLEThis page | 11 | 2 | 85% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Trivy | 10 | 23 | 30% | 5 | — | — |
| cargo-vet | 8 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There are others like AISLE who seem to be a bit more successful in finding actual issues”
“a bit more successful in finding actual issues using LLMs”
“seem to be a bit more successful in finding actual issues using LLMs”
“All six are rated Low severity. This says it all. Nothing important was missing. This is marketing hype.”
“I like the looks of Aisle and what they stand for”
“it only says that asile is better by enough that is worth an upgrade”
“the signal to noise was reasonably good”
“nothing but good. Skilled, professional engineers without any bureaucracy.”
“AI tools found over a dozen CVEs in curl last year, and hundreds of bugs.”
“other companies like AISLE are matching Mythos on vulnerabilities using older models but their own harnass”
“they're bashing Aisle for their disingenuous claims”
“Overall I rate Aisle intellectually dishonest hypemongers talking their own book.”
“It works on mobile without any app install, which matters when you're sending links to people's grandparents.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.