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Best AI agents for security testing (2026)

Agents that probe your app, code and smart contracts the way an attacker would: running penetration tests, red-teaming AI systems and flagging vulnerabilities with suggested fixes. We list 8 tools for security testing below, each with a link-checked page, pricing as the maker states it and alternatives.

Strix

codingOpen source + cloud

Open-source AI agents that run penetration tests on your app to find and help fix security vulnerabilities.

PentAGI

codingOpen source

Autonomous multi-agent system for running penetration testing tasks.

AI-Infra-Guard

evals & observabilityOpen source

Tencent's AI red-teaming platform that scans agents, skills and MCP servers for risks.

PentestAgent

codingOpen source

Agent framework for black-box security testing and bug bounty work.

SonarQube MCP Server

MCP & infraOpen source

SonarQube MCP server for code quality and security analysis from agents.

Almanax

AI security agent that finds vulnerabilities in smart contracts.

Octane

Agentic security analysis that finds exploitable vulnerabilities in mission-critical code, including DeFi smart contracts.

Sherlock AI

Sherlock's AI auditor for smart-contract vulnerabilities.

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coding (3)crypto (3)evals & observability (1)MCP & infra (1)

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