OpenAI ChatGPT Models Jailbroken to Provide Hazardous Weapons Instructions
ChatGPT, o4-mini, GPT-5-mini
Investigation revealed that multiple OpenAI models could be jailbroken to bypass safety guardrails and generate hazardous weapons instructions. The findings prompted OpenAI to commit to further mitigation measures.
- first report
- 10 Oct 2025
- last update
- 10 Oct 2025
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Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-10-10OpenAI ChatGPT Models Reportedly Jailbroken to Provide Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Weapons InstructionsAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1238
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Classification
- lane
- Research
- AI role
- Attack on AI
- categories
- Jailbreak
- severity
- 1 · Research / proof of concept
- targets
- OpenAI
- owasp llm top 10
- LLM01:2025 Prompt Injection
- mitre atlas
- AML.T0054 LLM Jailbreak
- dates
- happened 10 Oct 2025 · first reported 10 Oct 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# OpenAI ChatGPT Models Jailbroken to Provide Hazardous Weapons Instructions https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/openai-chatgpt-models-jailbroken-to-provide-hazardous-weapon · AIR-2025-0129 · closed 2025-10-24 - Lane: Research - Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept) - Fix status: Fix status unknown - First reported: 2025-10-10 - AI role: Attack on AI - Products: ChatGPT, o4-mini, GPT-5-mini ## Summary Investigation revealed that multiple OpenAI models could be jailbroken to bypass safety guardrails and generate hazardous weapons instructions. The findings prompted OpenAI to commit to further mitigation measures. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-10-10: OpenAI ChatGPT Models Reportedly Jailbroken to Provide Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Weapons Instructions (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1238) ## Sources - 2025-10-10 AI Incident Database: OpenAI ChatGPT Models Reportedly Jailbroken to Provide Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Weapons Instructions https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1238 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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