GOOGLE released Chrome 152, addressing over 300 vulnerabilities, with ten labeled as critical. Most critical issues involve use-after-free vulnerabilities in components like Aura and SafeBrowsing. The majority of the 327 patched vulnerabilities were internally discovered using AI, marking a significant rise in vulnerability identification. A researcher was rewarded $25,000 for reporting a critical flaw (CVE-2026-79282), highlighting the continued contributions of external researchers.
Despite the comprehensive patching efforts, Google did not report any in-the-wild exploitation incidents. Overall, this year has seen over 2,000 vulnerabilities fixed in Chrome.