The clock starts when a 0-day surfaces. How long before attackers strike?

Attackers often exploit new vulnerabilities before defenders can react, sometimes before the vulnerability even gets a public ID (a CVE).
Ethiack Zero is a live tracker of that race between attackers and defenders.

Zero is Ethiack’s public record of emerging 0-days. It turns early signals and patches into a working proof of exploit, then publishes how fast it validates each vulnerability (time-to-validateTime-to-Validate: how long it takes Zero to confirm a signal is exploitable, from first ingestion.) next to how fast attackers exploited it (time-to-exploitTime-to-Exploit: how long after public disclosure attackers take to exploit a vulnerability in the wild.).

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Vulnerability Time-to-validate (TTVTime-to-Validate: how long it takes Zero to confirm a signal is exploitable, from first ingestion.)live
How fast Ethiack Zero proves a vulnerability is exploitable. Each dot is one vulnerability. The further left, the earlier it was confirmed. The centre line is the moment the vulnerability was fully disclosed on cve.org.
44% validated990 of 2,2377% before t=0
1,500 of 2,237 drawn
CVE-2026-78164
TTV+5h
−8d−6d−4d−2dt=0The moment cve.org publishes the CVE in full.+4d+8d+12d+16d+20d+24d
validated before cve.org publicationvalidated after cve.org publicationvalidatingvalidated but not publishedConfirmed, but cve.org has not published a CVE yet, so there is no t = 0. It sits at how long ago we confirmed it, as if the CVE were published now, and moves left until it is.
Vulnerability Timeline
From first warning to first attack. The typical journey of a new vulnerability, using median times. Time zero is the official disclosure of the vulnerability on cve.org.
step 1
signal ingested
0m
A new vulnerability surfaces
step 2
validating
3h 21m
How fast Zero starts validating it
step 3
validated
+5h 04m
How fast we confirm if it's exploitable
step 4
t = 0, CVE published
t = 0
t=0: the CVE goes public
step 5
Attack confirmed (KEV)
2d
How fast an attacker exploits this in the wild

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Every vulnerability Ethiack Zero is tracking, right now. Each card is one vulnerability and shows where it stands. New ones appear as they surface.
Methodology
12 of 2,232 entries
CVE-2026-100291ETK-2026-12Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.
no check availablenot proven exploitable
5d 16h 37msince last run(AI 17m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.cvss9.3
CVE-2026-53988ETK-2026-11Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.
no check availablenot proven exploitable
6d 22h 57msince last run(AI 18m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.cvss9.2
CVE-2026-102876ETK-2026-10Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.
check availableZero validated a working check for it.not proven exploitableZero has a detection check, but hasn't produced a full working exploit yet.
+36mTTVTime-to-Validate: how long it takes Zero to confirm a signal is exploitable, from first ingestion.(AI 13m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.cvss8.6
CVE-2026-65660ETK-2026-9Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.
check availableZero validated a working check for it.not proven exploitableZero has a detection check, but hasn't produced a full working exploit yet.
+51dTTVTime-to-Validate: how long it takes Zero to confirm a signal is exploitable, from first ingestion.(AI 29m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).+45dkevAttacks confirmed in the real world.+44dcvss8.8
CVE-2026-67279ETK-2026-8Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.
no check availablenot proven exploitable
19d 04h 05msince last run(AI 23m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).+20dkevAttacks confirmed in the real world.0dcvss6.5
CVE-2026-88771ETK-2026-7Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.
check availableZero validated a working check for it.not proven exploitableZero has a detection check, but hasn't produced a full working exploit yet.
+4.4dTTVTime-to-Validate: how long it takes Zero to confirm a signal is exploitable, from first ingestion.(AI 8m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).+2h14mkevAttacks confirmed in the real world.+5h28mcvss9.8
CVE-2026-88772ETK-2026-6Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.
no check availablenot proven exploitable
19d 03h 35msince last run(AI 15m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).+2h06mkevAttacks confirmed in the real world.+5h21mcvss8.1
CVE-2026-102828ETK-2026-5Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.
check availableZero validated a working check for it.not proven exploitableZero has a detection check, but hasn't produced a full working exploit yet.
+1h35mTTVTime-to-Validate: how long it takes Zero to confirm a signal is exploitable, from first ingestion.(AI 19m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.cvss9.2
CVE-2026-102829ETK-2026-4Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.
check availableZero validated a working check for it.not proven exploitableZero has a detection check, but hasn't produced a full working exploit yet.
+14dTTVTime-to-Validate: how long it takes Zero to confirm a signal is exploitable, from first ingestion.(AI 13m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).−3.2dkevAttacks confirmed in the real world.cvss9.2
CVE-2026-102559ETK-2026-3Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.
no check availablenot proven exploitable
7d 05h 30msince last run(AI 20m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.cvss8.6
CVE-2026-102556ETK-2026-2Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.
no check availablenot proven exploitable
6d 23h 06msince last run(AI 38m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.cvss8.6
CVE-2026-102268ETK-2026-1Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.
check availableZero validated a working check for it.not proven exploitableZero has a detection check, but hasn't produced a full working exploit yet.
+23h36mTTVTime-to-Validate: how long it takes Zero to confirm a signal is exploitable, from first ingestion.(AI 17m)Analysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).+3.7dkevAttacks confirmed in the real world.cvss9.1