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Security flaw found in Chromium's QUIC networking layer

2d agoVia MicrosoftWritten for Lucame clients

A vulnerability has been disclosed in Chromium, the open-source browser engine that underpins Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and several other browsers. The flaw sits in the QUIC networking protocol, which is the modern transport layer many browsers use to speed up web connections. It's classed as an information leak, meaning it could potentially expose data that should stay private. Microsoft has published details as part of their standard vulnerability tracking process.

What this means for your business

Most UK businesses will have staff using Chrome or Edge every day, so this is worth paying attention to. Browser updates tend to roll out automatically, but it's worth confirming that auto-update is enabled across your devices and that nobody's running an outdated version. If you're managed by us, we can check this for you.

Reported by Microsoft. Original headline: Chromium: CVE-2026-78893 Information leak in QUIC. Read the source at msrc.microsoft.com. This write-up is ours, not theirs.

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