Vulnerabilities have become cyber attackers’ No. 1 door to the enterprise

Attackers are now exploiting software vulnerabilities (unpatched flaws in code) as their primary way to break into organizations, surpassing stolen credentials as the most common entry point. This shift is happening because companies are struggling to patch vulnerabilities quickly enough — in 2025, only 26% of critical vulnerabilities were fully fixed, with the median time to patch rising to 43 days, while the volume of critical vulnerabilities grew by 50% year-over-year.