On the Security of Research Artifacts

ArXi:2605.06508v1 Announce Type: cross Research artifacts are widely shared to reproducibility, and artifact evaluation (AE) has become common at many leading conferences. However, AE mainly checks whether artifacts work as claimed and can be reproduced. It largely overlooks potential security risks. Since these artifacts are publicly released and reused, they may unintentionally create opportunities for misuse and raise concerns about safe and responsible sharing. We study 509 research artifacts from top-tier security venues and find that many contain insecure code patterns that may