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Public story · 2026-03-02 · source-backed
The most concrete vibe coding security failure to date: a security researcher found 16 vulnerabilities (6 critical) in a Lovable-hosted exam platform featured on Lovable's own Discover page. The AI-generated authentication logic was literally backwards — it blocked logged-in users and granted access to anonymous visitors. Missing row-level security exposed 18,697 user records including 4,538 K-12 student accounts from UC Berkeley and UC Davis. Lovable's pre-publish security scan caught the issues, but the user deployed without fixing them. The Register
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