Three Recent Chrome Releases Fix 1,442 Flaws, More Than Prior 23 Updates Combined

Google patched 1,072 security vulnerabilities in Chrome versions 149 and 150, exceeding the total fixes from the previous 23 updates combined. A critical sandbox escape vulnerability, CVE-2026-3545 (CVSS score: 9.6), was identified in Chrome's Navigation component, allowing potential access to local files. The flaw existed for over 13 years and was discovered using an AI-powered agent leveraging Google's Gemini models. Google is accelerating its release cadence and exploring dynamic patching to counter increasingly rapid, AI-driven vulnerability discovery and exploitation.

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