Page Crash Issue in Chromium Browsers

Issue:

The latest version of the Chromium browser engine contains a bug that causes the page to crash when users interact with HTML elements that contain certain accessibility-focused markup constructs.   

Impact

Any user that browses the web by an affected browser can be impacted. Any website or web application that uses certain user interface accessibility methods that trigger the bug will be impacted.

Essent Service Impact:

Essent designs software that uses accessibility methods to comply with ADA Section 508. Currently the only Essent product known to be affected by this issue is EssentOne. SiteBuilder Designer itself isn't impacted but a subscriber that adds a third-party User Interface (UI) library may be impacted.

Corrective Actions:

The Chromium development team is aware of the situation and is actively working on a patch. 

Essent is currently investigating possible temporary changes to resolve the issue if a fix for the Chromium engine is not pushed to browsers over the next 24 hours.

SiteBuilder sites that have been customized with UI enhancement libraries may also be affected.  If you have applied a library, such as Bootstrap, that that modifies SiteBuilder ECommerce sites, you should review your sites to ensure that they are not affected by this issue.

Workaround:

Firefox and Safari, which are not based on the Chromium browser engine, are not affected by this bug.  We recommend switching to Firefox or Safari temporarily until the Chromium engine is patched.

Affected Browsers:

Chrome 124.0.6367.61 and up
Edge 124.0.2478.51 and up

Other Chromium based browsers will likely encounter the same issue.

Further Steps:

Check back to this page for updates on the status of this issue and for next steps.

Technical Information:

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/335553723