Snyk RSAC 2026 Report: 48% of AI-Generated Code Contains Vulnerabilities, 80% of Developers Bypass Security Policies

Expert Insights (RSAC 2026)·high signal

Snyk's 2026 Developer Security Report, presented at RSAC 2026, found that 48% of AI-generated code contains vulnerabilities and AI-driven development creates 2-10x more vulnerabilities per developer. Critically, 80% of developers admitted to bypassing security policies, only 10% scan most AI-generated code, and 75%+ falsely believe AI code is more secure than human-written code. Code generation tools routinely recommend vulnerable open-source libraries. This is the quantitative evidence that vibe coding's security debt is real and accumulating at scale.