Chrome’s fourth zero-day of 2026 reveals a bigger browser security problem
Google’s latest emergency Chrome patch is not just another routine security update. It fixes CVE-2026-5281, an actively exploited zero-day in Dawn, the Chromium project’s implementation of WebGPU. That makes it the fourth Chrome zero-day patched in 2026, and it highlights a larger shift in browser security. Browsers are no longer simple tools for loading web…