{
 "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
 "attribution": "Fide AI, Agentic Cyber Explorer",
 "url": "https://agentic-cyber-explorer.pages.dev/findings/discovery-outpaces-patching/",
 "asOf": "2026-09-26",
 "id": "discovery-outpaces-patching",
 "claim": "AI-driven vulnerability discovery produces reports faster than maintainers can triage and patch them.",
 "evidenceKind": "reported",
 "scope": "One lab's program data and maintainers' reports; no systematic measurement.",
 "topics": [
  "vulnerability-discovery",
  "vulnerability-repair"
 ],
 "atlas": [],
 "evidence": [
  {
   "event": "maintainers-ai-bug-report-flood-2026",
   "note": "Complaints centre on duplicate and low-quality AI-assisted reports straining triage."
  },
  {
   "event": "anthropic-glasswing-initial-update-2026",
   "note": "75 of about 530 disclosed high/critical open-source bugs were patched at the time of the update; Anthropic notes this was early in its 90-day window and likely undercounted."
  }
 ],
 "relations": [],
 "statusHistory": [
  {
   "status": "reported",
   "on": "2026-05-18",
   "why": "Maintainers report AI-assisted report floods.",
   "event": "maintainers-ai-bug-report-flood-2026",
   "kind": "evidence"
  },
  {
   "status": "corroborated",
   "on": "2026-05-22",
   "why": "Anthropic's Glasswing update shows disclosure far ahead of patching.",
   "event": "anthropic-glasswing-initial-update-2026",
   "kind": "evidence"
  }
 ],
 "halfLifeDays": 270,
 "wouldChange": "Evidence that automated repair or triage closes the gap.",
 "fideQuestions": [
  "FID-088"
 ],
 "methods": [
  "ai-vulnerability-discovery",
  "automated-patching"
 ],
 "review": "assistant-drafted",
 "addedOn": "2026-09-25"
}