Hello!

I am a graduate student researcher at KAIST Hacking Lab, advised by Prof. Insu Yun. I am pursuing an M.S. in Electrical Engineering at KAIST.

My research interests include systems security, automated vulnerability discovery, AI for security, and the security of AI, with an emphasis on practical methods for discovering and exploiting software vulnerabilities.

Education

Feb. 2025–Present

KAIST
M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Mar. 2020–Feb. 2025

Korea University
B.E. in Cyber Defense

Experience

Feb. 2025–Present

Graduate Student Researcher
Hacking Lab, KAIST · Advised by Prof. Insu Yun

Jul. 2022–Mar. 2023

KITRI Best of the Best, 11th Cohort
Vulnerability Analysis Track · Best 10

Jan. 2022–Mar. 2022

Undergraduate Student Researcher
Computer Systems Security Lab, Korea University

Publications

MTEscape: Bypassing Asynchronous Kernel MTE via Conventional Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Kyeongmin Kim, Insu Yun

Proceedings of the 33rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2026), to appear.

Honors and Awards

Aug. 2026

Microsoft Most Valuable Researcher
Ranked 5th on the Windows leaderboard, Q2 2026

Nov. 2025

Meritorious Service Award
Korean Association of Cybersecurity Studies

Sep. 2025

Excellence Award
2025 Chungcheong Regional Cyber Threat Scenario Competition

Hacking Competitions

Aug. 2026

2nd Place, DEF CON 34 CTF
Team 0x4b52

Jun. 2026

Finalist, Midnight Sun CTF
Team HackingForMakguli

Apr. 2025

Finalist, DreamHack Invitational

Dec. 2024

Finalist, LakeCTF
Team CyKor

Nov. 2024

Finalist, HITCON CTF
Team Cold Fusion

Aug. 2024

Finalist, DEF CON 32 CTF
Team Cold Fusion

Nov. 2023

2nd Place, GlacierCTF — Academic Division
Team CyKor

Nov. 2023

4th Place, HITCON CTF Final
Team Program-Fur-Mozzi

Aug. 2023

Finalist, CODEGATE CTF — University Division
Team roKyC

Aug. 2023

Finalist, Midnight Sun CTF
Team CyKor

Aug. 2023

3rd Place, Samsung Security Tech Forum CTF
Team Cy + Kr

Jul. 2023

2nd Place, zer0pts CTF
Team CyKor

May 2023

Special Award, HACKTHEON Sejong
Team CorKy

Reported Vulnerabilities (Chosen)

CVE-2026-50327 (and 2 others)
Remote Code Execution in Windows Media
CVE-2026-50655
Remote Code Execution in Windows Media Foundation
CVE-2026-44812
Remote Code Execution in Windows Graphics Component
CVE-2026-42992 (and 5 others)
Remote Code Execution in Windows Remote Desktop Client
CVE-2026-50497
Information Disclosure in Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol
CVE-2026-58535 (and 6 others)
Information Disclosure in Windows Remote Desktop Client
CVE-2024-22211
FreeRDP Heap Buffer Overflow
KVE-2023-5003
Alyac Antivirus Local Privilege Escalation
KVE-2022-0980
V3 Antivirus Local Privilege Escalation

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