Cisco Releases Antares Open Weight Models for Local Vulnerability Localization
July 23, 2026
Cisco's Antares series consists of small, open-weight language models optimized for local execution. The models focus on identifying and localizing vulnerabilities within source code to improve security workflows without relying on cloud APIs.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can deploy these models locally to secure sensitive codebases without sending data to external providers.
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researcherThese models provide a new benchmark for small-scale, domain-specific security reasoning.