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Google Cloud Update Version May 08, 2026

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Update Summary

Google Cloud release notes include BigQuery billing label changes, Cloud Workstations authorization URLs, and Storage Transfer Service support for AWS GovCloud. Container Optimized OS updates add multiple CVE fixes, kernel hardening, and package upgrades.

Update Details

Security

  • Container Optimized OS fixed CVE-2026-43284 (dirtyfrag) in the Linux kernel across COS LTS refresh releases.
  • Container Optimized OS fixed multiple Linux kernel CVEs, including CVE-2026-31693, CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31716, CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31752, CVE-2026-31774, CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-43012, CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43016, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030, CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43054, and CVE-2026-43057.
  • Container Optimized OS fixed CVE-2026-35385 and CVE-2026-35386 in openssh on one release, and CVE-2026-35385 on another.
  • Container Optimized OS fixed CVE-2026-41989 by upgrading libgcrypt to v1.10.4.
  • Container Optimized OS applied kernel hardening sysctls and enabled mm hardening kernel cmdlines on cchost boards.

Bug Fixes

  • Container Optimized OS upgraded sqlite, expat, libnetfilter_conntrack, libseccomp, procps, cifs-utils, talloc, libtirpc, and acl in LTS refresh releases.
  • Container Optimized OS updated cos-gpu-installer to v2.6.8.
  • Gemini VS Code received various bug fixes and minor product enhancements.

New Features

  • Cloud Workstations can now use a workstation authorization URL for cluster VMs, redirecting unauthorized HTTP/HTTPS requests to an endpoint for token retrieval.
  • Gemini Enterprise now generally available for Box data store connections using data federation.
  • Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform introduces Gemini Distillation Service in Early Access.
  • Policy Controller version 1.23.2 is now available.
  • Storage Transfer Service now supports AWS GovCloud (US) regions us-gov-east-1 and us-gov-west-1 for batch and event-driven transfers.

Hints

  • BigQuery Data Transfer Service billing label changes on 2026-08-11 from goog-bq-feature-type: DATA_TRANSFER_SERVICE to goog-bq-feature-type: data_transfer_service; update billing exports, dashboards, and queries to include both labels.
  • Looker renamed Dataplex Universal Catalog to Knowledge Catalog; API, client library, CLI, and IAM names remain unchanged.
  • COS release notes include runtime sysctl changes; one release changed net.ipv4.udp_mem and another added net.ipv4.tcp_pingpong_thresh: 1.
  • COS release identifiers shown: cos-125-19216-395-4, cos-121-18867-381-125, and cos-117-18613-613-5.
Product Information

Vendor: Google

Product: Cloud

Product type: Other

Platform: Web

Version: May 08, 2026

Vendor release date: May 8, 2026

Published on updatealert.io: Jun 4, 2026

Description: Cloud platform for compute, data, networking, and developer services.

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