Exposure without ownership stays exposed longer
A vulnerability with nobody's name against it does not get fixed, however severe it is.
The ticket circulates, teams disclaim it, and it ages. This is one of the most reliable predictors of how long something stays open, more so than severity. Assigning an owner is unglamorous administration and is frequently the single change that makes a remediation programme start working.
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