# LENS preprint reports 95 new vulnerabilities in cellular systems

_Published Monday, October 19, 2026 at 9:50 AM EDT · Security, Science · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Researchers report finding 95 previously unknown vulnerabilities in cellular implementations using LENS, a language-model system that assesses whether protocol fields can be exploited. Their preprint identifies 17 vulnerabilities in open-source EPC/IMS implementations and 78 in commercial deployments, with effects including service disruption, information leakage and subscriber tracking.

LENS guides models through evidence collection, exploitability assessment and proof-of-concept attack generation where applicable. Tests across four models produced mean recall of 94.00% to 98.00%. Applying the system to 16 additional protocols uncovered another 118 previously unknown vulnerabilities. The cellular exploitability findings depend on the study's threat model.

## Sources

- [cs.CR updates on arXiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.22943)

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