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2025 Saw a Surge in Wireless Vulnerabilities
A report by Bastille Networks analyzed a surge in wireless vulnerabilities and how they’re affecting enterprise risk. Wireless vulnerabilities and exposures are accelerating at an unprecedented pace, with an average of 2.5 discovered per day in 2025 alone.
Despite this environment, traditional vulnerability management models that rely on asset inventories, patch tracking, and IP-based scanning fail to address wireless risks and exposure. Wireless vulnerabilities have grown 20x faster than conventional threats over the last 15 years, increasing from just 4 reported CVEs in 2010 to 937 in 2025, with cumulative totals doubling every 2–4 years since 2014.
The industry has seen two consecutive years of cumulative growth exceeding 25% (2024 and 2025), with a combined 60% increase in wireless vulnerabilities since the start of 2024. In 2025 alone, researchers disclosed 937 new wireless CVEs, averaging 2.5 new vulnerabilities discovered every day. Wi-Fi remains the largest source of disclosed vulnerabilities, accounting for over 60% of wireless CVEs, followed by Bluetooth, cellular, and Zigbee.
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