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Fedora 43 Chromium Critical Race Condition CVE-2026

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • January 27, 2026

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink). Update Information : Update to 144.0.7559.96 * CVE-2026-1220: Race in V8

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

Update to 144.0.7559.96 * CVE-2026-1220: Race in V8

* Wed Jan 21 2026 Than Ngo - 144.0.7559.96-1 - Update to 144.0.7559.96 * CVE-2026-1220: Race in V8 * Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 144.0.7559.59-3 - Rebuilt for * Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 144.0.7559.59-2 - Rebuilt for

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-b4b553ec05 2026-01-27 04:51:32.146782+00:00 Name : chromium Product : Fedora 43 Version : 144.0.7559.96 Release : 1.fc43 URL : Summary : A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser that Google doesn't want you to use Description : Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-b4b553ec05' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

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Critical Race Condition in Chromium Affecting Fedora 43 A critical race condition vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-1220, has been discovered in Chromium, impacting users of Fedora 43. The vulnerability affects the V8 engine of the browser, prompting an urgent update to version 144.0.7559.96 to mitigate the risk. Users are advised to update their systems to the latest version to ensure security. 109 sources 31

Extracted Entities

CVEs (1)

CVE-2026-1220

Vulnerabilities (1)

Race in V8