Critical flaw in CVE scoring undermines vulnerability prioritization

The article highlights that despite the flurry of new CVEs (over 33,000 in 2024), only a small fraction of vulnerabilities categorized as “critical” truly pose exploitable risks. In fact, recent analysis found that merely 12 percent of CVEs deemed critical by government agencies are legitimately that severe. In a dataset of 140 high-profile CVEs published in 2024, 88 percent of those marked critical and 57 percent of those marked high were over-ranked, with only 15 percent proving truly exploitable. This points to a growing misalignment between theoretical severity scores and real-world impact. The piece urges security teams to go beyond CVSS baselines and incorporate contextual analysis—assessing exploitability, applicability to their environment, and attack surface exposure—to better allocate limited resources and focus on the most meaningful threats. 

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/critical-flaw-cve-scoring

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