--- title: Fully autonomous AI hacker to find actual exploits in... description: Shannon is an open-source autonomous AI penetration testing tool that discovers and exploits real vulnerabilities in web applications. It combines white-box... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fully-autonomous-ai-hacker-to-find-actual-exploits-in-your-web-apps-kvdt0vxrm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Fully autonomous AI hacker to find actual exploits in your web apps | daily.dev og:description: Shannon is an open-source autonomous AI penetration testing tool that discovers and exploits real vulnerabilities in web applications. It combines white-box... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fully-autonomous-ai-hacker-to-find-actual-exploits-in-your-web-apps-kvdt0vxrm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KVdt0Vxrm.png og:image:alt: Fully autonomous AI hacker to find actual exploits in your web apps og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fully autonomous AI hacker to find actual exploits in your web apps **[Platform & AI](https://daily.dev/sources/platformai)** · [@fabidick22](https://daily.dev/fabidick22) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Shannon is an open-source autonomous AI penetration testing tool that discovers and exploits real vulnerabilities in web applications. It combines white-box source code analysis with black-box dynamic testing through a multi-agent architecture, executing actual exploits via browser automation to prove vulnerabilities are exploitable. The tool achieved 96.15% success on the XBOW benchmark and covers critical OWASP vulnerabilities including injection, XSS, SSRF, and authentication bypass. Available in two editions: Shannon Lite (AGPL-3.0) for security teams and Shannon Pro (commercial) with advanced enterprise features. Requires Docker and Anthropic API credentials, runs autonomously with a single command, and generates pentester-grade reports with reproducible proof-of-concepts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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