Google Project Zero killed the grace period on November 13. Under the old “90 + 30” policy that has governed vulnerability disclosure since 2021, vendors who shipped a patch got an additional 30-day buffer before technical details went public — time for users to install the fix before attackers could read the diff. That buffer is gone. Under the new “Full 90” policy, disclosure happens exactly 90 days after Project Zero reports a bug to a vendor, whether or not a fix exists. Patch status no longer moves the deadline. The 30-day soak period was designed for a world where […]
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