CISA: Internet-exposed, unauthenticated vulnerabilities should get fastest patch cycles
Aug 28, 2026
CISA officials said BOD 26-04 ties response timelines to exposure and exploitation: Internet-connected, unauthenticated vulnerabilities warrant very fast patching (nightly cycles or faster), while many nonexposed CVEs can be deprioritized to give agencies time for resilience work.
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Jay Gasly described revised vulnerability timelines keyed to exposure: vulnerabilities that are "Internet connected" and do not require authentication should move to the fastest remediation tiers; he recommended nightly patch cycles for unauthenticated Internet-exposed flaws and said that, in some cases, even a three-day window may be too long.
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