Mondoo State of Vulnerability Remediation Report Reveals Lack of Confidence in Organizations' Ability to Effectively Remediate Vulnerabilities

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 21, 2025--

Mondoo, the pioneer in Agentic Vulnerability Management, today released its inaugural State of Vulnerability Remediation Report, a survey of IT and security professionals, uncovering how organizations are struggling to close the vulnerability remediation gap. The study reveals that while most companies (71%) report fixing critical vulnerabilities in under 72 hours, confidence in those efforts remains low, with only 9% of respondents saying they are “very confident” in their remediation abilities.

Key challenges for security leaders include alert fatigue (reported by 53% of respondents), tool sprawl, which was associated with a 51% reduction in remediation confidence, and widespread reliance on manual workflows (62% of respondents), all of which limit the ability of organizations to keep pace with AI-driven attacks.

“Bad actors are using AI to launch attacks faster than ever. Many organizations are still hesitant to automate processes for remediating vulnerabilities, but in an AI-driven world, slow defenders get left behind, greatly increasing their risk of breaches,” said Dominik Richter, CPO and Co-Founder of Mondoo. “Identifying threats is not enough for effective vulnerability remediation. You need to eliminate threats and prevent their recurrence. The findings from this report shed light on where remediation is breaking down today, and more importantly, how we can strengthen remediation efforts going forward.”

The survey data paints a clear picture: while organizations are making strides in speed, they are still struggling with confidence, consistency, and scale. The report reveals systemic issues, ranging from manual workflows and limited reporting to fragmented tooling and recurring vulnerabilities, that prevent teams from remediating effectively and sustainably.

Notable findings include:

• Remediation workflows remain largely manual: 62% of respondents rely on manual workflows, and only 2% are fully automated.
• Reporting is infrequent: 52% of organizations report on remediation quarterly, rarely, or never.
• Tool sprawl erodes confidence: Respondents experiencing tool sprawl reported 51% lower confidence in remediation outcomes.
• Recurring vulnerabilities persist: 40% say more than 5% of vulnerabilities recur, with 44% citing reintroduction during redeployment.
• Alert fatigue is the top pain point: 53% report being overwhelmed by alerts, leading to missed threats and burnout.

Despite these challenges, the outlook is optimistic: 91% of respondents believe their organizations are improving at remediation, particularly those that track progress more frequently and emphasize coordination between security, IT, and development teams.

“Organizations are facing a perfect storm when it comes to vulnerability remediation. Alert fatigue, fragmented tooling, and manual workflows are undermining their ability to respond effectively to increasingly sophisticated AI-driven attacks,” said Tyler Shields, Principal Analyst at Omdia Research. “Security teams need help remediating vulnerabilities faster using insights from AI to increase the speed of security operations. Mondoo's State of Vulnerability Remediation report outlines a critical need for AI-driven automation and unified workflows to help close this risk gap.”

Findings from the survey reinforce the urgent need for a new approach to remediation. Mondoo’s Agentic Vulnerability Management™ platform addresses the most pressing gaps identified in the report by unifying prioritization, orchestration, and remediation of vulnerabilities in one workflow for the entire IT infrastructure. Mondoo agents continuously monitor for vulnerabilities, auto-create tickets with all necessary context, and deliver transparent, pre-tested remediation code through a secure pipeline with versioning and rollback. By bridging security and engineering, Mondoo enables enterprises to dramatically cut mean time to remediate (MTTR), reduce alert fatigue, and ensure vulnerabilities stay fixed.

The full 2025 State of Vulnerability Remediation Report is available here: https://mondoo.com/library/2025-state-of-vulnerability-remediation

The blog on the 2025 State of Vulnerability Remediation Report is available here: https://mondoo.com/blog/2025-state-of-vulnerability-remediation-reveals-manual-processes-and-low-confidence

About Mondoo

Mondoo is the world’s first agentic vulnerability management platform that eliminates - not just categorizes - vulnerabilities. Global enterprises trust Mondoo to prioritize risks by business impact and exploitability through its patented AI-native security model that collects structured, context-aware data from the entire IT infrastructure. Mondoo’s customers have reduced vulnerabilities and policy violations by 50% and significantly reduced MTTR. With seamless ITSM integrations and transparent security pipelines, Mondoo enables autonomous remediation and continuous compliance. Mondoo bridges the gap between security and engineering - delivering intelligent recommendations and actionable insights to fix vulnerabilities that matter most to the business.

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