Google Patches 370 Chrome 151 Flaws as AI Drives 46,872 Vulnerability Reports in 2026
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Updated · The Hacker News · Jul 31
Google Patches 370 Chrome 151 Flaws as AI Drives 46,872 Vulnerability Reports in 2026
3 articles · Updated · The Hacker News · Jul 31
Summary
Chrome 151 fixed 370 security flaws in Wednesday’s release, including 7 critical bugs; Google said 349 of the issues were found internally.
1,072 bugs had already been patched in Chrome 149 and 150 last month, pushing recent fixes past the total for the prior 23 milestones as AI sharply accelerates bug discovery.
46,872 vulnerabilities have been logged in the U.S. NVD so far in 2026, nearly matching all of 2025, and Google said issues are now being flagged faster than companies can remediate them.
Google is responding by moving toward two security releases a week, automating CVE and release-note generation, and testing dynamic patching to apply fixes without forcing browser restarts.
A March sandbox-escape bug in Chrome’s Navigation component—rated 9.6 and found with a Gemini-based agent after 13 years in the code—illustrates how AI is surfacing long-hidden flaws.
If AI helps Google find thousands of hidden Chrome flaws, how many zero-days are AI-armed hackers discovering before the next patch?
While Google and Microsoft boast record-breaking AI bug fixes, is Apple’s traditional approach quietly falling behind in the new cybersecurity arms race?