Google Patches Eighth Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks This Year
Google said attackers were exploiting the flaw in the wild as it rolled out emergency updates to Stable Desktop users on Windows, macOS and Linux.
- On Monday, Google released emergency security updates for Google Chrome, patching a zero-day vulnerability that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild.
- Stemming from a Use-After-Free weakness in the XML component, the high-severity flaw allows attackers to manipulate memory by accessing "freed" memory space to execute malicious code.
- New versions are now rolling out to Stable Desktop, Windows, and Linux users to fix the bug immediately.
- Google noted that access to bug details remains restricted until a majority of users are updated, advising customers to launch Chrome to trigger automatic installation.
- Since the start of the year, this patch marks the eighth zero-day vulnerability Google has addressed, following previous exploits in the JavaScript engine and Skia library.
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Google Chrome has received an urgent update patching nine security vulnerabilities. One of them is particularly dangerous because it has already been exploited in attacks. The issue affects an XML component and could lead to... Full version of the page: https://ithardware.pl/aktualnosci/google_chrome_aktualacja_exploit-56017.html
Google corrected a high-gravity vulnerability in Chrome after confirming that attackers were already exploiting it. With this case, the browser adds eight zero-days exploited in 2026, the same amount it recorded throughout 2025, according to the recount cited.
Global Security Mag OnlineGlobal Security Mag OnlineMultiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome. They allow an attacker to cause a security problem not specified by the editor. Google indicates that the CVE-2026-125350 vulnerability is actively exploited. Vulnerabilities
Google has fixed a zero-day flaw of Chrome already exploited. What is CVE-2026-125350, which versions install and how to verify the update.
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