Kai Red. The exploit-validation agent.

Kai Red: prove what's actually exploitable.

Kai Red validates your live application against the conditions that make a vulnerability real, confirms what an attacker could actually exploit, and captures the evidence. The loop starts with proof.

Kai Red is Kodem's exploit-validation agent. It uses runtime-informed dynamic testing against your live application and APIs to confirm which vulnerabilities are actually exploitable in your environment, and captures the exploit evidence that the rest of the loop runs on.
The problem it solves

A severity score is a guess. A reachability estimate is a guess. The queue fills with criticals that never execute, and the one finding that matters is buried under a thousand that do not.

Kai Red replaces the guess with the exploit.

What Kai Red does

Runtime-informed exploit validation

Tests running applications and APIs against the specific conditions that make a vulnerability exploitable, including authenticated testing with your credentials.

Exploit validation

Confirms whether a vulnerability is reachable in a code path and exploitable, when a proof-of-concept actually executes.

Evidence capture

Records the exploit path, so resolution and reporting run on proof, not theory.

Safe testing guardrails

Designed to validate exploitability without putting the application at risk.

Runtime-informed testing

Kai Red does not test blind.

It uses runtime intelligence to see what is loaded, what executes, and what is exposed, then scopes and prioritizes testing around the paths that actually matter.

The result is testing that targets reality. Fewer wasted cycles. Sharper evidence.

Illustration of runtime intelligence guiding Kai Red testing
What it produces

Exploit-verified evidence.

For each confirmed issue, Kai Red shows the path that was executed and the proof that it worked. That evidence is what Kai Blue resolves and what Kai Defend watches for in production. One body of proof, used across the whole loop.

Where it sits in the loop

Self-Healing Application

Test and Prove. Kai Red opens the loop by proving what is exploitable. It hands exploit-verified evidence to Kai Blue for resolution and to Kai Defend for protection.

Self-Healing Application
From real risk to verified protection.
Test
Probe the paths that actually matter in the live application.
Prove
Confirm what is exploitable and capture the evidence.
Mitigate
Contain the risk with a validated, reversible Dynamic Fix.
Fix
Ship the durable fix as a reviewable pull request.
Defend
Protect production, then verify the fix resolved it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kai Red?

Kai Red is Kodem's exploit-validation agent. It uses runtime-informed dynamic testing against your live application and APIs to confirm which vulnerabilities are actually exploitable, and captures the evidence.

How is Kai Red different from a traditional DAST scanner?

A traditional scanner reports potential issues. Kai Red proves exploitability by executing against the running application and uses runtime intelligence to target the paths that actually matter, so the output is evidence rather than a longer list.

Does Kai Red replace penetration testing?

No. Penetration testing explores broadly to discover potential weaknesses. Kai Red investigates deeply to prove whether a specific risk is real and reachable in your application, then hands that proof to remediation and defense.

What does Kai Red produce?

Exploit-verified evidence: the executed path and the proof it worked. That same evidence drives remediation in Kai Blue and production protection in Kai Defend.

Does Kai Red test safely?

Yes. It is designed to validate exploitability without putting the application at risk, including authenticated testing with credentials you supply.

Start with proof.

See Kai Red confirm what is exploitable in a live application.