# KryptoPilot preprint reports AI agent solving 26 of 33 live cryptography challenges

_Published Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM EDT · Security, AI, Science · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Researchers introduced KryptoPilot, an AI agent designed to solve cryptographic exploitation challenges by retrieving detailed external knowledge, preserving it in a structured workspace and routing subtasks among models under behavioral and cost controls. In a preprint, the authors report that it solved all InterCode-CTF tasks, 56% to 60% of NYU-CTF cryptography problems and 26 of 33 challenges across six live competitions.

The results concern controlled Capture-the-Flag contests, not exploitation of production systems, and the source provides no independent replication.

## Sources

- [cs.CR updates on arXiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09129)

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