
Shortening patch cycles: why 48h is no longer optional for critical CVEs
Context: decades-old vulnerabilities, still exploitable The Mythos Preview report (April 2026) highlighted an uncomfortable reality: among the 10,000+ vulnerabilities identified, the most critical ones are not necessarily the most recent. The SACK TCP bug in OpenBSD has been around for 27 years. The FFmpeg H.264 buffer overflow for 16 years. The FreeBSD NFS stack overflow for 17 years. What has changed is the speed at which these flaws can now be exploited. With AI-assisted exploitation tools, the window between a patch being published and active exploitation is now measured in hours, not weeks. ...
