--- title: Chrome's zero-day Whac-A-Mole continues with fifth... description: Google has patched the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Chrome this year. The bug was discovered by a security researcher who received a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/chrome-s-zero-day-whac-a-mole-continues-with-fifth-exploited-bug-of-the-year-nnyrealf4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Chrome's zero-day Whac-A-Mole continues with fifth exploited bug of the year | daily.dev og:description: Google has patched the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Chrome this year. The bug was discovered by a security researcher who received a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/chrome-s-zero-day-whac-a-mole-continues-with-fifth-exploited-bug-of-the-year-nnyrealf4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NnYreAlf4.png og:image:alt: Chrome's zero-day Whac-A-Mole continues with fifth exploited bug of the year og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Chrome's zero-day Whac-A-Mole continues with fifth exploited bug of the year **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google has patched the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Chrome this year. The bug was discovered by a security researcher who received a $55,000 bounty from Google for the find. 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