# This year’s bug count just passed 100K

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/this-years-bug-count-just-passed-100k/
- Published: 2026-11-13T20:52:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T22:03:40+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/13/this-years-bug-count-just-passed-100k/5309882
- Topics: Software

## Key points

- 2026’s reported vulnerability count has exceeded 100,000.
- AI is helping drive discovery and faster exploitation.
- Experts urge organisations to prioritise flaws by real-world risk.

## Summary

The number of reported software vulnerabilities in 2026 has passed 100,000, more than twice the total for 2025. Security experts say AI is driving much of the increase by helping researchers find flaws, while also accelerating attackers’ efforts to exploit them.

Although about 1.4 per cent of this year’s vulnerabilities have been added to VulnCheck’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, the shrinking time to exploitation increases pressure on organisations. VulnCheck reported a median of 80 days from disclosure to exploitation in the first half of 2026, down from 120 days in 2025; some attacks now begin within minutes. Experts argue that organisations need to prioritise flaws according to the risks to their own infrastructure, rather than relying on severity scores alone.

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