The global vulnerability management infrastructure is facing a structural collapse. NIST has officially admitted that it can no longer keep up with the volume of CVE submissions, which have surged by 263% over the last five years. This 'Vulnerability Firehose' has exceeded human triage capacity, leading to a policy shift where NIST will only enrich CVEs that are already on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list or utilized by federal agencies. The Bureau identifies the primary driver of this surge as 'AI-Driven Fuzzing.' Automated tools are now capable of identifying thousands of low-level memory corruption flaws that previously would have remained undiscovered. This creates a 'Shadow Vulnerability' landscape. While thousands of CVEs are being issued, the lack of enrichment (CVSS scores, CWE categorization, and CPE platform strings) means that automated vulnerability scanners cannot effectively prioritize them. Organizations are left in a state of 'Analysis Paralysis,' unable to distinguish between a theoretical bug and a weaponizable exploit. The Bureau’s technical analysis suggests that this gap is being actively exploited by 'Grey Hat' researchers and state actors who operate in the 'Enrichment Void.' By the time a vulnerability is enriched and prioritized by traditional tools, it has often been exploited for weeks. This collapse marks the end of the 'Human-Scale' vulnerability management era. The industry must transition to AI-native triage systems that can match the speed of AI-driven discovery. Without a fundamental redesign of the CVE ecosystem, the 'Time-to-Exploit' will continue to shrink, leaving defenders perpetually behind the curve. [Sources: Infosec.exchange, The Hacker News, NIST]