Help Net Security reports that AI-assisted bug hunting is pushing 2026 CVE forecasts toward 66,000 disclosures, while urgent-patch ratios remain flat and maintainers face a race between faster AI-built exploits, patches, detection signatures, and validation work.
AI vulnerability discovery is pushing 2026 CVEs toward 66,000
Help Net Security reports that AI-assisted bug hunting is pushing 2026 CVE forecasts toward 66,000 disclosures, while urgent-patch ratios remain flat and maintainers face a race between faster AI-built exploits, patches, detection signatures, and validation work.
Source: Helpnetsecurity