Google Releases Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited V8 Zero-Day
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If you use Chrome, you should make sure you are running the latest version of the browser that was released the other day. The reason is a so-called zero-day vulnerability in the JavaScript engine V8, which has been designated CVE-2026-85046. Reportedly, hackers have already started exploiting the vulnerability, via sites that contain malicious JavaScript. The current version of Chrome is 152.0.7977.82 or 152.0.7977.83 depending on which operati…
Google has updated Chrome 152 to version 152.0.7977.82 for Linux. The update fixes twelve vulnerabilities. Four of them classify Google as high-risk. A vulnerability in the JavaScript engine V8 bears the identifier CVE-2026-85046. An attacker may run malicious code there due to a type confusion. Google precautionably points out that there is already an
Google has released a new patch for its Chrome browser. Among the security vulnerabilities patched are some that are already known to hackers.
Google is urgently correcting a critical Chrome flaw. Already exploited by hackers, vulnerability, housed in the JavaScript V8 engine, allows you to run malicious code without any action from the internet user. This is the sixth zero-day flaw corrected on the browser since the beginning of the year 2026.
Google Releases Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited V8 Zero-Day
Ravie LakshmananSep 04, 2026Vulnerability / Browser Security Google on Thursday released security updates to patch 12 vulnerabilities, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-85046 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been described as a type confusion bug in V8, Chrome's JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. "Type confusion in
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