August 27, 2026 chrome
Check Your Motor Oil Before Turbocharging: CVE-2026-7899, When V8's Optimization Engine Builds Up Carbon
In April, we reported a severe vulnerability in V8, the JavaScript and WebAssembly engine used by Chrome. This vulnerability enabled remote code execution in Chrome’s renderer process. This writeup will cover the technical details of the vulnerability. The research was performed with internal tool Mnemosyne, by Project WhatForLunch browser security team at Nebula Security, led by @xia0o0o0o and @rcv
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