Google Patches its First Zero-day Vulnerability of the Year (CVE-2026-2441)

Google released a security advisory to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Chrome. Tracked as CVE-2026-2441, the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is a use-after-free flaw in the CSS browser’s CSS handling. An independent researcher, Shaheen Fazim, discovered and reported the vulnerability to Google on February 11, 2026.