New Report: AI Threats Are Here. Why Q2 2026 Signals the End of Traditional Patch Cycles
Rapid7, Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
Rapid7 Labs finds disclosures still surging while AI-assisted tooling compresses the time from disclosure to exploitation.
Rapid7 Labs published its Quarterly Threat Landscape Report for Q2 2026, arguing the findings change the traditional answer to what to fix first
Vulnerability disclosures continue to surge while attackers use automation and AI-assisted tooling to compress the time between disclosure and exploitation.
The gap that patch cycles were built to fill is closing. Rapid7 argues speed and volume are overwhelming security teams that rely on traditional patch cycles and reactive programmes. It contends success can no longer be measured by how much gets patched.