Check Point report finds critical vulnerability exposures more than double in past year

• Check Point published its 2026 Exposure Gap Report, flagging a sharp rise in critical vulnerability exposures amid faster AI-assisted attacks.
• Vulnerabilities rose to 42.6% of critical exposures from 18.7% a year earlier, becoming the largest critical exposure category.
• Exploitability checks cut urgency: 7.8% of vulnerability alerts warranted Critical or High attention, leaving over 90% lower priority.
• Risk clustered in two areas: vulnerabilities and internal information disclosure accounted for 76% of critical exposures.
• Organizations implemented 85.9% of recommended fixes; utilities led rapid closure with 30% of critical exposures resolved within one hour.

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