Google issues 2nd security warning in days over Chrome browser attacks

It’s a case of search-engine failure.

Google has issued a security alert to Chrome users after confirming that cybercriminals had exploited a vulnerable system, marking the second such advisory in days.

Dubbed CVE-2026-5281, this stealth bug is zero-day exploit, an under-the-radar software or hardware security flaw unknown to the vendor, allowing them “zero days” to fix it before attackers exploit it.

This allowed hackers to take advantage of the oversight before this patch became widely available, potentially putting the web browser’s 3.5 billion users at risk, Forbes reported.

However, CVE-2026-5281 reportedly affects the Dawn WebGPU component of Chrome, which translates a website’s complex graphics instructions for different devices, helping make advanced…