Confirmation of the existence of a new security vulnerability The company has begun rolling out an update to fix this vulnerability

Reports indicate that Google issued a security alert to Google Chrome users after confirming the existence of a new security vulnerability currently being exploited.

According to a report published by Forbes, this vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-5281, affects the WebGPU component in the browser and could expose users to cyberattacks.

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The report added that the company has already begun rolling out an update to fix this vulnerability, although it may take days or weeks to reach all users worldwide.

The newly discovered CVE-2026-5281 vulnerability is considered highly critical, as attackers managed to exploit it before a comprehensive security update was available. It is also classified as a use-after-free memory issue in the Dawn WebGPU component of Google Chrome.

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to data corruption or browser crashes, and may allow attackers to execute malicious code via a specially crafted HTML page.

Google has restricted detailed technical information at this time, noting that access to these details may remain limited until most users have received the update.

The report also indicates that this is the fourth zero-day vulnerability patched in Google Chrome this year, highlighting a noticeable increase compared to previous years.