Secure Python Developer Benchmark
DeepSeek V4 Flash · May 14, 2026
Glossary
Input
Run
Verdict
Outcome
Metrics
Methodology
Test cases come from Meta's CyberSecEval, an independent third-party dataset spanning multiple programming languages. Manicode does not author them.
Each test case runs twice against the same model. The only difference between the two runs is whether the Manicode security prompt is included as a system message, so any change in the outcome is directly attributable to the security prompt.
Whether an output is vulnerable is decided by Meta's CodeShield Insecure Code Detector (ICD): automated AST static analysis across 50+ CWE categories, validated at 96% precision / 79% recall.
Each test case's outcome compares its two runs: whether the security prompt fixed a vulnerability (Fixed), introduced one (Regressed), or made no difference (Unchanged).
Vulnerability rate
35.1% · 183/522 vulnerable
16.9% · 88/522 vulnerable
Test case outcomes
Overall
52% reduction · +95 net fixed
By type
Autocomplete
52% reduction · +56 net fixed
Instruct
51% reduction · +39 net fixed
Per-CWE breakdown
All Prompted Outputs SecureCWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
84% reduction · +38 net fixed
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
62% reduction · +26 net fixed
CWE-328 Use of Weak Hash
28% reduction · +16 net fixed