LLM-Generated Code Security Evaluation Across Prompting Methods
A study on arXiv (2605.24298) evaluates security of code generated by five LLMs across Java, C++, C, and Python using various prompt engineering methods. The authors introduce a weaknesses-aware zero-shot chain-of-thought (WA-0CoT) strategy that incorporates CWE mappings for security context. Chi-square tests show no statistically significant reduction in vulnerability frequency or density across methods, including WA-0CoT.
Key facts
- arXiv paper 2605.24298 evaluates LLM-generated code security
- Five LLMs tested across Java, C++, C, and Python
- WA-0CoT prompting strategy uses CWE mappings
- Chi-square tests found no significant vulnerability reduction
- Prompt methods include WA-0CoT and others
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- arXiv