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857 Google Publishes Exploit Code Threatening Millions of Chromium Users

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/20/2026 18:00 EDT

Google Publishes Exploit Code Threatening Millions of Chromium Users

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other Chromium-based browsers. The proof-of-concept code exploits the Browser Fetch programming interface, a standard that allows long videos and other large files to be downloaded in the background. An attacker can use the exploit to create a connection for monitoring.

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