Disclosed vulnerabilities doubled in 2026 as AI-credited finds jumped 22-fold
From January to 23 October 2026, 86,292 CVEs were published — 2.2 times the same window in 2025. AI-credited findings rose from 34 to 769, yet only about 0.23% of 2026 CVEs were observed exploited; the bigger shift is the shrinking time from disclosure to attack.
- 86,292 CVEs in 2026 versus 38,569 in the same 2025 window
- Critical CVEs reached 9,599, up from 3,348 a year earlier
- AI credited in 769 CVEs: Anthropic/Claude 335, AISLE 296, OpenAI 112
- Only 0.23% of 2026 CVEs were seen exploited in the wild
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