[rowanG077]

It most definitely does. You know it's going to be patched. You no longer have to tiptoe around to conceal the problem. This can be the difference between snooping a bit of data here and there and just straight up dumping the contents of entire servers.

Of course this depends on the vulnerability itself. But knowing a vulnerability will be patched can be hugely interesting and worthwhile information

[tsimionescu]

Except of course they don't know what vulnerability is getting patched. So, they might actually end up revealing a different vulnerability.

[rowanG077]

Of course. It's a risk that could easily be worth it depending on the actor and vulnerability