Researchers found 3 confirmed CVEs in Chromium, VirtualBox, QEMU for $609
thedealdirector · x · 2026-08-19
Security researchers spent only $609.59 on compute to find three confirmed CVEs in Chromium, VirtualBox, and QEMU. These codebases are among the most reviewed on earth, yet the team managed to discover bugs in all three, proving that vulnerabilities persist even in heavily scrutinized open-source projects.
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