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Sead Fadilpašić

A malicious Chrome extension for Adobe Acrobat could let hackers access private WhatsApp chats

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  • Guardio Labs found CVE‑2026‑48294 in Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension, enabling cross‑site data disclosure
  • Attackers could steal WhatsApp Web chats if victims opened malicious landing pages with extension active
  • Adobe patched the flaw in version 26.7.2.0; update recommended for 314M extension users

If you have Adobe Acrobat’s extension for Chrome, and you like chatting through WhatsApp Web, there is a potential security vulnerability you might want to address.

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