CVSS 9.0 or higher · published CVE records from cvelistV5, rejected excluded · dates in UTC · through Oct 26, 2026
Last 12 months
Oct 27, 2025 – Oct 26, 2026
24.4%
of all CVEs ever came out in these 12 months
96,707 / 396,147 CVEs · about 1 in 4
Last 12 months
Oct 27, 2025 – Oct 26, 2026
21.4%
of all critical CVEs ever
10,409 / 48,603 critical · 96,707 / 396,147 CVEs
Last 6 months
Apr 27 – Oct 26, 2026
15.8%
of all critical CVEs ever
7,661 / 48,603 critical · 67,020 / 396,147 CVEs
Last 3 months
Jul 27 – Oct 26, 2026
10.2%
of all critical CVEs ever
4,956 / 48,603 critical · 43,463 / 396,147 CVEs
A new CVE every
Last 30 days · Sep 27 – Oct 26, 2026
2.7 min
539 a day
A year ago: one every 12 min · 122 a day
A new critical CVE every
Last 30 days · Sep 27 – Oct 26, 2026
29 min
50 a day · 9.3% of new CVEs
A year ago: one every 2.5 hours · 9.5 a day · 7.8% of new CVEs
2026 so far
Jan 1 – Oct 26, 2026 vs the same days of 2025
+125%
CVEs on a year earlier
87,269 vs 38,713 by Oct 26, 2025
2026 so far, critical
Jan 1 – Oct 26, 2026 vs the same days of 2025
+187%
critical CVEs on a year earlier
9,662 vs 3,365 by Oct 26, 2025
Busiest day
Oct 13, 2026
2,291
CVEs published in one day
166 of them critical
All time
Sep 29, 1999 – Oct 26, 2026
48,603
critical CVEs
of 396,147 CVEs · 98.9% scored, NVD included
This month
Oct 1 – Oct 26, 2026
2.7%
of all critical CVEs ever
1,288 / 48,603 critical · 14,468 / 396,147 CVEs
Last 30 days
Sep 27 – Oct 26, 2026
3.1%
of all critical CVEs ever
1,507 / 48,603 critical · 16,180 / 396,147 CVEs
Critical share over 10 yearsCritical as a share of scored CVEs · 3-month average
Every day of the last yearCVEs published per day, to Oct 26, 2026 · busiest days brightest
Year
Published
Scored
Critical
Critical % of scored
2026*
87,269
96.0%
9,662
11.5%
2025
48,151
98.1%
4,112
8.7%
2024
39,924
100.0%
3,800
9.5%
2023
28,847
100.0%
3,451
12.0%
2022
24,999
100.0%
3,784
15.1%
2021
20,177
100.0%
2,539
12.6%
2020
18,363
100.0%
2,641
14.4%
2019
17,308
100.0%
2,561
14.8%
2018
16,510
100.0%
2,530
15.3%
2017
14,642
100.0%
2,116
14.5%
2016
6,457
100.0%
893
13.8%
2015
6,494
100.0%
1,141
17.6%
2014
7,928
100.0%
790
10.0%
2013
5,187
100.0%
895
17.3%
2012
5,288
100.0%
950
18.0%
2011
4,150
100.0%
877
21.1%
2010
4,639
100.0%
1,018
21.9%
2009
5,732
100.0%
1,013
17.7%
2008
5,673
100.0%
1,007
17.8%
2007
7,211
100.0%
1,085
15.0%
2006
6,885
100.0%
426
6.2%
2005
6,708
100.0%
307
4.6%
2004
1,612
100.0%
307
19.0%
2003
1,223
100.0%
115
9.4%
2002
1,690
100.0%
127
7.5%
2001
1,323
100.0%
155
11.7%
2000
1,437
100.0%
267
18.6%
1999
320
100.0%
34
10.6%
Score: the record's own (CNA, then CISA), newest CVSS version; NVD's where the record has none. Recent critical scores are almost all from records, older ones mostly NVD's, often CVSS v2, which has no critical band; 9.0 is applied anyway. *2026 to date.
Last 12 months
Oct 27, 2025 – Oct 26, 2026
24.4%
of all CVEs ever came out in these 12 months
96,707 / 396,147 CVEs · about 1 in 4
Last 12 months
Oct 27, 2025 – Oct 26, 2026
44.2%
of all critical CVEs ever
10,409 / 23,539 critical · 96,707 / 396,147 CVEs
Last 6 months
Apr 27 – Oct 26, 2026
32.5%
of all critical CVEs ever
7,661 / 23,539 critical · 67,020 / 396,147 CVEs
Last 3 months
Jul 27 – Oct 26, 2026
21.1%
of all critical CVEs ever
4,956 / 23,539 critical · 43,463 / 396,147 CVEs
A new CVE every
Last 30 days · Sep 27 – Oct 26, 2026
2.7 min
539 a day
A year ago: one every 12 min · 122 a day
A new critical CVE every
Last 30 days · Sep 27 – Oct 26, 2026
29 min
50 a day · 9.3% of new CVEs
A year ago: one every 2.5 hours · 9.5 a day · 7.8% of new CVEs
2026 so far
Jan 1 – Oct 26, 2026 vs the same days of 2025
+125%
CVEs on a year earlier
87,269 vs 38,713 by Oct 26, 2025
2026 so far, critical
Jan 1 – Oct 26, 2026 vs the same days of 2025
+187%
critical CVEs on a year earlier
9,662 vs 3,365 by Oct 26, 2025
Busiest day
Oct 13, 2026
2,291
CVEs published in one day
166 of them critical
All time
Sep 29, 1999 – Oct 26, 2026
23,539
critical CVEs
of 396,147 CVEs · 56.2% scored in the record
This month
Oct 1 – Oct 26, 2026
5.5%
of all critical CVEs ever
1,288 / 23,539 critical · 14,468 / 396,147 CVEs
Last 30 days
Sep 27 – Oct 26, 2026
6.4%
of all critical CVEs ever
1,507 / 23,539 critical · 16,180 / 396,147 CVEs
Critical share over 10 yearsCritical as a share of scored CVEs · 3-month average
Every day of the last yearCVEs published per day, to Oct 26, 2026 · busiest days brightest
Year
Published
Scored
Critical
Critical % of scored
2026*
87,269
93.8%
9,662
11.8%
2025
48,151
93.9%
4,112
9.1%
2024
39,924
94.5%
3,794
10.1%
2023
28,847
80.3%
2,357
10.2%
2022
24,999
59.1%
1,669
11.3%
2021
20,177
41.6%
762
9.1%
2020
18,363
33.1%
508
8.3%
2019
17,308
15.3%
225
8.5%
2018
16,510
10.6%
175
10.0%
2017
14,642
2.9%
136
31.6%
2016
6,457
1.6%
12
11.9%
2015
6,494
1.2%
20
24.7%
2014
7,928
1.8%
15
10.6%
2013
5,187
1.5%
12
15.0%
2012
5,288
1.2%
14
22.2%
2011
4,150
0.9%
4
11.1%
2010
4,639
1.1%
7
13.7%
2009
5,732
0.8%
9
19.6%
2008
5,673
0.7%
7
18.9%
2007
7,211
0.5%
18
48.6%
2006
6,885
0.5%
11
30.6%
2005
6,708
0.4%
4
14.8%
2004
1,612
0.4%
0
0.0%
2003
1,223
0.2%
1
50.0%
2002
1,690
0.2%
1
25.0%
2001
1,323
0.1%
0
0.0%
2000
1,437
0.3%
1
25.0%
1999
320
5.6%
3
16.7%
Score: the record's own (CNA, then CISA), newest CVSS version, as on the charts. Few CVEs before 2018 carry one, so early years undercount. *2026 to date.