AI-Assisted HTTP Terminator Finds Novel HTTP Desync Techniques and Apache Zero-Day

An AI-powered research tool, HTTP Terminator, developed by PortSwigger, autonomously discovered several novel HTTP desynchronization techniques, including a zero-day vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server. The tool, using Claude and GPT-5.6 Sol, identified over 700 vulnerable websites, including a U.S. bank, by exploit…