AI vulnerability discovery is pushing 2026 CVEs toward 66,000 (opens in new tab)

Vulnerability disclosures are piling up faster in 2026 than anyone expected at the start of the year. The running count for the first few months sits well above the original projection, and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) now expects the year to land near 66,000 CVEs. The cause sits mostly with one development: AI tools have started hunting for software flaws on their own, and they are good at it. “The … More → The post appeared first on .