Zer0n: An AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery and Blockchain-Backed Integrity Framework
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| author | Parmar, Harshil Vyas, Pushti Khristi, Prayers Panchal, Priyank |
| author_facet | Parmar, Harshil Vyas, Pushti Khristi, Prayers Panchal, Priyank |
| contents | As vulnerability research increasingly adopts generative AI, a critical reliance on opaque model outputs has emerged, creating a "trust gap" in security automation. We address this by introducing Zer0n, a framework that anchors the reasoning capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) to the immutable audit trails of blockchain technology. Specifically, we integrate Gemini 2.0 Pro for logic-based vulnerability detection with the Avalanche C-Chain for tamper-evident artifact logging. Unlike fully decentralized solutions that suffer from high latency, Zer0n employs a hybrid architecture: execution remains off-chain for performance, while integrity proofs are finalized on-chain. Our evaluation on a dataset of 500 endpoints reveals that this approach achieves 80% detection accuracy with only a marginal 22.9% overhead, effectively demonstrating that decentralized integrity can coexist with high-speed security workflows. |
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| spellingShingle | Zer0n: An AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery and Blockchain-Backed Integrity Framework Parmar, Harshil Vyas, Pushti Khristi, Prayers Panchal, Priyank Cryptography and Security Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering As vulnerability research increasingly adopts generative AI, a critical reliance on opaque model outputs has emerged, creating a "trust gap" in security automation. We address this by introducing Zer0n, a framework that anchors the reasoning capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) to the immutable audit trails of blockchain technology. Specifically, we integrate Gemini 2.0 Pro for logic-based vulnerability detection with the Avalanche C-Chain for tamper-evident artifact logging. Unlike fully decentralized solutions that suffer from high latency, Zer0n employs a hybrid architecture: execution remains off-chain for performance, while integrity proofs are finalized on-chain. Our evaluation on a dataset of 500 endpoints reveals that this approach achieves 80% detection accuracy with only a marginal 22.9% overhead, effectively demonstrating that decentralized integrity can coexist with high-speed security workflows. |
| title | Zer0n: An AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery and Blockchain-Backed Integrity Framework |
| topic | Cryptography and Security Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07019 |