The vulnpocalypse is here: Serious cloud flaws have quadrupled in nine months, and stolen AI keys could be the next big breach
For years, the “vulnpocalypse” sounded like a warning from security vendors with something to sell. New data suggests it has arrived in production. The median number of high or critical vulnerabilities in cloud services analysed by Datadog rose fourfold, from four in February 2026 to around 16 in November, according to the company’s new State of Cloud Security 2026 report.
The jump in just nine months turns the term from a theoretical concern into a measurable condition. Cloud applications are carrying more serious known flaws than ever, and the pace at which they accumulate is outrunning the pace at which most teams can patch. For technology leaders, that reinforces a hard truth: some applications will be compromised, so the cloud foundations underneath them must limit an attacker’s reach.
Long-lived AI keys hand attackers more time
Containing the damage from a compromised application means protecting the keys it uses to reach...
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