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CFD — Vulnerability Remediation Queue

Twelve fortnights of high and critical CVEs from scanner detection to verified closure, where every band widens and the remediation WIP limit of 120 is breached from the third fortnight onwards.

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Vulnerability management — high and critical findings01,0002,0003,0004,000cumulative findingsDetected growingTriaged growingIn remediation growingIn remediation limit 1202025-04-072025-04-212025-05-052025-05-192025-06-022025-06-162025-06-302025-07-142025-07-282025-08-112025-08-252025-09-08Detected (queue)TriagedIn remediationAwaiting change window (queue)Verified closedWIP1,614 findingscommitted at TriagedTHROUGHPUT45.1 / week6.44 findings/dayCYCLE TIME ≈250.6 daysLittle's Law: WIP ÷ throughputLEAD TIME ≈343.7 daysall 2,214 findings in systemFLOW EFFICIENCY80%1,288 active · 326 waitingDELIVERY TREND↓ 14%slowing · 1,188 doneStageTypeWIP (findings)LimitTime (days)Detectedwaiting600—93.1Triagedactive690—107.1In remediationactive59812092.8Awaiting change windowwaiting326—50.6Verified closeddone1,188——!Queue growth: Detected widened for 11 straight periods (2025-04-07 → 2025-09-08, +526 findings)!WIP growth: Triaged widened for 11 straight periods (2025-04-07 → 2025-09-08, +596 findings)!WIP growth: In remediation widened for 11 straight periods (2025-04-07 → 2025-09-08, +524 findings)!Queue growth: Awaiting change window widened for 11 straight periods (2025-04-07 → 2025-09-08, +278 findings)!In remediation holds 598 findings against a WIP limit of 120!Arrivals outran deliveries by 1,924 findings across the window

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title "Vulnerability management — high and critical findings"
unit findings
stages: Detected*, Triaged, In remediation, Awaiting change window*, Verified closed
commit Triaged
wip-limit "In remediation" 120

# Fortnightly export from the scanner and the change calendar.
2025-04-07 |  486,  412,  318,  244,  196
2025-04-21 |  742,  628,  492,  380,  308
2025-05-05 |  988,  836,  654,  502,  408
2025-05-19 | 1246, 1048,  818,  620,  502
2025-06-02 | 1512, 1268,  982,  738,  594
2025-06-16 | 1784, 1490, 1148,  852,  684
2025-06-30 | 2046, 1704, 1306,  962,  770
2025-07-14 | 2318, 1926, 1470, 1074,  856
2025-07-28 | 2584, 2142, 1628, 1182,  938
2025-08-11 | 2860, 2364, 1792, 1294, 1022
2025-08-25 | 3128, 2580, 1950, 1402, 1104
2025-09-08 | 3402, 2802, 2112, 1514, 1188