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CVE trends, patch management statistics, vulnerability disclosure timelines, and remediation benchmarks.

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60% of organizations that perform automatic continuous monitoring report remediating critical software vulnerabilities within a day.

Black Duck1/1/2026
Software DevelopmentAutomatic Continuous Monitoring

Only 45% of the full respondent pool say they remediate critical software vulnerabilities within a day.

Black Duck1/1/2026
Critical Software VulnerabilitiesCritical Software Vulnerability Remediation

49% of organizations using at least three compliance controls remediate critical vulnerabilities within a day.

Black Duck1/1/2026
Compliance ControlsCritical Vulnerabilities

63% of respondents that prioritize SBOM validation say they're highly prepared to evaluate third-party software.

Black Duck1/1/2026
Third-Party Software SecuritySoftware Supply Chain

Organizations that effectively track and manage open source dependencies are 85% more prepared to secure open source software compared to the overall average of 57%.

Black Duck1/1/2026
Open SourceSoftware Security

54% of organizations using at least four compliance controls remediate critical vulnerabilities within a day.

Black Duck1/1/2026
Compliance ControlsCritical Vulnerabilities

Only 24% of organizations have adopted comprehensive strategies to secure AI-generated code.

Black Duck1/1/2026
AI-Generated CodeSoftware Development

59% of respondents that prioritize SBOM validation typically respond to critical software vulnerabilities within one day.

Black Duck1/1/2026
SBOMSBOM Validation

76% of organizations check AI code for security risks.

Black Duck1/1/2026
AI CodeSoftware Development

79% of defense contractors lack vulnerability management solutions.

CyberSheath10/1/2025
CMMCSecurity tools

Top challenges in managing cloud vulnerabilities include Budget constraints (35%), Integrating vulnerability management with existing workflows (34%), and Lack of skilled personnel (32%).

Prowler6/4/2025
CloudVulnerabilities

46% of organisations still struggle with cloud vulnerability management.

Prowler6/4/2025
CloudVulnerabilities

Organisations detect an average of 17 vulnerabilities in their cloud environments per week.

Prowler6/4/2025
CloudVulnerabilities

67% of organisations conduct cloud vulnerability assessments monthly or more frequently.

Prowler6/4/2025
CloudVulnerabilities

96% of organisations conduct regular cloud vulnerability assessments.

Prowler6/4/2025
CloudVulnerabilities

34% of respondents report seeing significant improvements in vulnerability response time due to automation.

Optiv4/28/2025
AutomationVulnerabilities

74% of respondents identify a lack of understanding of every potential source of vulnerability as their biggest challenge to effective vulnerability management.

Optiv4/28/2025
VulnerabilitiesVulnerability management

69% of the highest-risk (serious) vulnerabilities are resolved.

Cobalt4/14/2025
VulnerabilitiesVulnerability management

Since 2017, the median time to resolve serious vulnerabilities has decreased dramatically—from 112 days down to 37 days last year.

Cobalt4/14/2025
VulnerabilitiesVulnerability remediation

This represents a cut of 75 days, or two-thirds.

Cobalt4/14/2025
VulnerabilitiesVulnerability remediation