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XBOW Wins $250,000 Google Bounty for Chrome on Windows Exploit Using GPT-5.6 Sol

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XBOW won a $250,000 Google bounty for a full-chain exploit affecting Chrome on Windows, the first awarded under Google’s 2026 rules, according to @oegerikus’s account shared by Greg Brockman. Brockman said XBOW found a critical Chrome vulnerability using GPT-5.6 Sol in six days with $40,000 in compute, while the quoted account said Brendan and the agents built a new exploit in six days. Brockman highlighted an estimate that the exploit affected 1 billion users and said the result showed an opportunity for defenders to use these tools to secure their software.

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  1. 10/14 01:43 (UTC+8) · 1 reports
    XBOW Wins Google’s First 2026 Chrome Full-Chain Exploit Bounty
    Greg Brockman · X:XBOW earns Google Chrome full-chain bounty using GPT-5.6 Sol
  2. 10/14 01:39 (UTC+8) · 1 reports
    XBOW Built a Chrome Full-Chain Exploit with GPT-5.6 Sol
    Greg Brockman · X:Greg Brockman highlights GPT-5.6 Sol’s role in XBOW’s Chrome exploit

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10/14
  1. XBOW earns Google Chrome full-chain bounty using GPT-5.6 Sol

    Greg Brockman highlights XBOW’s report of finding a critical Chrome vulnerability with GPT-5.6 Sol in 6 days using $40,000 of compute, earning Google’s first full-chain reward in 2026 for an exploit affecting an estimated 1 billion users. He emphasizes the opportunity for defenders to use these tools to secure their software. In the quoted post, @oegerikus reports a $250,000 bounty for the Chrome on Windows exploit.

  2. Greg Brockman highlights GPT-5.6 Sol’s role in XBOW’s Chrome exploit

    Greg Brockman highlights a critical Chrome vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol in 6 days using $40,000 of compute. He points to an opportunity for defenders to use these tools to secure their software to unprecedented levels: https://twitter.com/oegerikus/status/2110032518674018367 In the quoted post, @oegerikus reports that Google awarded XBOW a $250,000 bounty for a full-chain exploit affecting Chrome on Windows.

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