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title: "Anil Madhavapeddy"
section: "entities"
type: "entity"
created: "2026-08-30"
updated: "2026-08-30"
tags: ["person", "security"]
canonical: "https://pyweb.dev/wiki/anil-madhavapeddy"
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# Anil Madhavapeddy

Anil Madhavapeddy is a professor of computer science at Cambridge and a core maintainer of the OCaml compiler. Simon Willison relayed Madhavapeddy's report that an OCaml project website received exploit probes within about ten minutes of a patch discussion becoming public. [[source: simon-willison-just-a-rumour-of-a-bug-is-enough-to-find-a-security-exploit-2026]](/wiki/raw/articles/simon-willison-just-a-rumour-of-a-bug-is-enough-to-find-a-security-exploit-2026)

## Vulnerability Timeline Research

Madhavapeddy reported attempted exploitation within minutes of patches being shared for discussion and argued that this speed is incompatible with existing open-source embargo practices. [[source: simon-willison-just-a-rumour-of-a-bug-is-enough-to-find-a-security-exploit-2026]](/wiki/raw/articles/simon-willison-just-a-rumour-of-a-bug-is-enough-to-find-a-security-exploit-2026)

## Related Concepts
- [agentic vulnerability lifecycle](/wiki/agentic-vulnerability-lifecycle) — the disclosure-window failure his report illustrates
- [agent containment and blast radius](/wiki/agent-containment-and-blast-radius) — mitigation strategies for agent-accelerated security threats

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## Agent Navigation

cluster: person (170 pages) | betweenness: 0

### References (outbound)
- [Agentic Vulnerability Lifecycle](https://pyweb.dev/wiki/agentic-vulnerability-lifecycle.md)
- [Agent Containment and Blast Radius](https://pyweb.dev/wiki/agent-containment-and-blast-radius.md)

### Referenced by (inbound)
- [Agentic Vulnerability Lifecycle](https://pyweb.dev/wiki/agentic-vulnerability-lifecycle.md)

### Evidence (verified primary sources)
- [simon-willison-just-a-rumour-of-a-bug-is-enough-to-find-a-security-exploit-2026](https://pyweb.dev/wiki/raw/articles/simon-willison-just-a-rumour-of-a-bug-is-enough-to-find-a-security-exploit-2026.md) | origin: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/28/just-a-rumour-of-a-bug/ | ingested: 2026-08-29 | sha256: 0a36fcdac6b365cb9080c8dddbc8c3763ba8e3ab01a9dc1356663fa6c9797eef

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