Global average time to patch cyber security vulnerabilities 2023, by severity

According to a 2023 study, companies worldwide take on average between 208 and 88 days to patch cyber vulnerabilities. In some cases, these vulnerabilities represent a critical threat to the company. On average, organizations fixed cyber vulnerabilities that were considered of high severity within 82 days. Low-severity vulnerabilities required almost 10 months and were the slowest to get fixed.