Visa has shipped an open-source security tool that moves beyond scanning into automated repair, according to VentureBeat. The outlet reports that the Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness can find a vulnerability, write a fix, and run an adversarial panel against its own patch before any human reviews it. The key operational detail is the default. VentureBeat says the full loop ships on by default, and that a plain scan of the harness runs all 11 stages. The provided report does not list those stages, but it does state that the workflow includes detection, patch generation, and adversarial review of the proposed fix. That makes the story less about another security scanner and more about how much autonomy engineering teams are willing to put into remediation. The claim, as reported, is that the system reaches the patch-writing stage before a human reviewer steps in. The evidence in this cluster is still narrow: VentureBeat is the only source provided, and no independent report here confirms the release, the default configuration, or the exact behavior of the harness. For now, this should be treated as a credible single-source report rather than a fully corroborated launch story. Who benefits: Security teams and developers could benefit if the harness reliably reduces the work between vulnerability discovery and a reviewable patch. Open-source availability may also make the tool accessible beyond Visa. Who's exposed: Teams that adopt autonomous patching are exposed to the quality of the generated fixes and the safeguards around review. The report says an adversarial panel checks the patch, but the provided summary does not quantify effectiveness or failure modes.