We knew this day would come. June 2026 Patch Tuesday broke the record, and July blew the record out of the water. July is the first time in Patch Tuesday’s history that over 500 CVEs were patched in a single month, with a staggering 569 CVEs patched, breaking last month’s record of 198 CVEs. Normally we have the wait for October or November to determine if we’ll break the previous year’s patch volume record, but July has locked it in that 2026 will be the largest annual Patch Tuesday ever, besting the previous record of 1,245 CVEs in 2020. It’s probable that we will not only exceed 2,000 CVEs in a calendar year, but potentially over 3,000 CVEs this year or more. Last month, I said Pandora’s proverbial ...