Gartner research vice president Craig Lawson suggests that the surge in vulnerability discoveries in 2026, driven by AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos, is helping to uncover and address much of the technical debt in large software codebases. This extensive auditing could lead to a decline in the number and severity of vulnerabilities in 2027, as vendors use AI not only to find flaws in existing software but also to improve testing of future releases. Additionally, AI-driven bug hunting and automated remediation may enable more frequent and efficient security assessments, potentially easing the patching burden for cybersecurity teams.
Mythos Has Made 2026 Patching Hell. It Might Make 2027 a Breeze
