Are you familiar with Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) published by MITRE?

DarkReading.com reported that “Showman P.T. Barnum once said, "There's a sucker born every minute." Had he been a cybersecurity expert, he might have changed that to say, "There's a cybersecurity vulnerability published every 12 minutes." He wouldn't have been far off.”  The October 2, 2025 article entitled “Despite More CVEs, Cyber Insurers Aren't Altering Policies” (https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/more-cves-cyber-insurers-arent-altering-policies) included these comments:

With nearly 47,000 CVEs expected by the end of the year, organizations must balance comprehensive vulnerability management with strategic cyber insurance policy selection to effectively navigate this rapidly evolving threat landscape.

When it comes to insuring against cyber-risk, some insurance carriers and brokers take a proactive, collaborative approach to help policyholders mitigate their risks. Others opt for a more assertive stance by penalizing policyholders for not promptly patching vulnerabilities. Achieving the right balance of risk and coverage is largely left to the companies themselves.

Vulnerabilities are proliferating, according to the tally of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) published by MITRE to track software security bugs. By mid-September of this year, MITRE had listed approximately 33,000 CVEs, nearly double the 18,400 published in all of 2020. At this rate, we can expect to see nearly 47,000 this year, and those are just the ones that are published. Many vulnerabilities are never assigned a CVE, and a backlog of vulnerabilities also awaits assignment. Bottom line: Many vulnerabilities need to be manageed, and the number is growing exponentially every day.

What do you think about CVE?