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Veracode's 2026 State of Software Security report, based on data from 1.6 million applications, finds that security debt now affects 82% of companies (up from 74%), with high-risk vulnerabilities rising from 8.3% to 11.3%. The report attributes the worsening trend to AI-accelerated development velocity, where new code is added faster than existing vulnerabilities are remediated. AI-generated code also increases technical complexity, making fixes harder. While open source vulnerability rates improved slightly, the overall remediation gap is described as reaching 'crisis proportions.' The report concludes that comprehensive security is becoming unattainable in the AI development era, though it acknowledges AI tools can also help identify and fix vulnerabilities.

Rapid AI-driven development makes security unattainable