Vulnerability Management: Using Runtime Context

With 48,185 CVEs published in 2025 alone, security teams face an overwhelming prioritization problem rather than a patching speed problem. Only 2% of vulnerabilities are ever exploited, and only 15% of critical/high-severity findings are in packages actually loaded at runtime. Combining static analysis with runtime context can reduce the actionable backlog by over 95%, helping teams focus on vulnerabilities in actively running, exposed workloads. Runtime data also improves communication between security and development teams by connecting CVEs to concrete business risk. Practical strategies include building leaner container images by removing unused packages, and using runtime threat detection tools like Falco to detect unexpected behavior while remediation is underway.