Cybersecurity statistics / Vulnerability Exploitation
| Publisher | Mandiant |
| Report | M-Trends 2026 Report |
| Published | 23 March 2026 |
| Topics | Vulnerability Exploitation, Zero-Day |
Published by Mandiant in M-Trends 2026 Report, 23 March 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.
| Organizations that remediate vulnerabilities in 4–7 days are breached by a known vulnerability at a 97% rate. Cloud Security Alliance, 06/06/2026 |
| Organizations that patch vulnerabilities within 24 hours are breached by a known vulnerability at a 77% rate. Cloud Security Alliance, 06/06/2026 |
| Log4j generated 824.9 million IPS hits in 2025. SonicWall, 27/05/2026 |
| Exploited high and critical severity vulnerabilities increased 105% from 71 in 2024 to 146 in 2025. 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report , 27/05/2026 |
| 2% of cybersecurity intrusions investigated involved vulnerability exploitation. Google Cloud, 27/05/2026 |
| Vulnerability exploitation accounted for 40% of incidents observed by IBM X‑Force in 2025. IBM, 27/05/2026 |
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