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Microsoft's control for embedding Chromium-based web content inside Windows applications. The Evergreen runtime updates alongside Microsoft Edge, while a Fixed Version runtime is bundled by the application vendor and receives Chromium security fixes only when the vendor ships a new package.

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The Chromium Downstream Problem: Tracking Patches in Forks and Embedded Browsers

One Chromium CVE lands in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Electron apps and WebView2 on different days. How to inventory every embedded copy, set tiered SLAs, and negotiate with vendors.

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