The latest Chromium security cycle has put CVE-2026-6299 under a harsh spotlight because it combines three things defenders hate to see together: a use-after-free bug, a critical Chromium severity rating, and a fix that lands in a browser engine used by far more than just Google Chrome...
Microsoft has now identified CVE-2026-3917, a use-after-free flaw in Chromium’s Agents component, as one of the vulnerabilities folded into the latest Chrome security cycle. Because Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) ingests the same upstream Chromium codebase, the practical effect for Edge users...