LLMs as Backend Developers: A Security Risk?
Evaluating the security and correctness of LLM-generated backend applications
BaxBench is a novel benchmark that evaluates LLMs' ability to generate complete, production-ready backend applications with a focus on security vulnerabilities.
- More than half of LLM-generated backend code contains security vulnerabilities
- Current LLMs can generate functional code but struggle with complex tasks involving database interactions and authentication
- Security issues include SQL injections, broken access controls, and insecure session management
- LLMs require significant guidance and prompting to produce secure, production-ready backends
These findings highlight critical security concerns for organizations considering automated code generation, emphasizing the need for human review and security testing of AI-generated applications.