NIST's Security Flaw Database Still Backlogged with 17K+ Unprocessed Bugs. Not Great

NIST has made some progress clearing its backlog of security vulnerability reports to process – though it's not quite on target as hoped. The US government standards body just blew its self-imposed September 30 deadline to bring the speed at which its National Vulnerability Database (NVD) processes new flaws up to its pre-February rate, following a decline in output this year.