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Google Rolls Out Chrome 149, Patching 429 Vulnerabilities

6/8/2026

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Google Patches Chrome

Google released Chrome 149 (149.0.7827.53/54) on 2026-06-07, fixing 429 vulnerabilities: 22 critical, 87 high, 226 medium, 94 low-severity flaws, plus 110 use-after-free and 88 input-validation issues.
Affected components span ANGLE (37 bugs), extension interface (18 bugs) and media handling (28 bugs), while researchers reported the remaining flaws and earned $209,000 in bounties.
Security teams found no exploitation evidence on 2026-06-07, prompting organizations to update Chrome to version 149.0.7827.53/54 or later.

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Google Drives TPRM

Chrome 149, fixing a record 429 flaws, is prompting firms to adopt third-party risk-management platforms.
Vendors such as Rescana market TPRM solutions as continuous monitors to mitigate the heightened cyber risk.
Analysts say the patch’s scale signals an evolving threat landscape, making proactive risk-management essential.
Reddit’s Chrome 149 thread shows organizations sharing best practices for linking TPRM tools with endpoint protection.

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AI Agents Uncover

AI agents are uncovering zero-day bugs in media libraries for about $1,000 each.
depthfirst’s scan of 1.5 million FFmpeg C lines found 21 zero-days, a 2003 stack overflow.
Anthropic’s Mythos bought a 16-year-old H.264 flaw and two others for $10,000, shipped in FFmpeg 8.1, while an autonomous scanner uncovered a Redis RCE since version 7.2.0.
Researchers warn that despite cheap AI-driven bug finding, triage and patching still rely on volunteers and a layer.

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Google Patches Chrome

Google released Chrome 149 (149.0.7827.53/54) on 2026-06-07, fixing 429 vulnerabilities: 22 critical, 87 high, 226 medium, 94 low-severity flaws, plus 110 use-after-free and 88 input-validation issues.
Affected components span ANGLE (37 bugs), extension interface (18 bugs) and media handling (28 bugs), while researchers reported the remaining flaws and earned $209,000 in bounties.
Security teams found no exploitation evidence on 2026-06-07, prompting organizations to update Chrome to version 149.0.7827.53/54 or later.

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