LLMs Are Getting Smarter, But Not Safer: Veracode 2026 GenAI Code Security Report Finds AI-Generated Code Security Has Stalled at 56% Pass Rate

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Fig. 1: The GenAI Code Security Report Leaderboard: Summer 2026

Fig. 2: Security Pass Rate of Coding-specific vs General-purpose LLMs

Fig. 3: Security Pass Rate of Models by Size

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