Google Releases Chrome Update to Fix Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw

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Published: 2026-09-04
Category: technology
Source: The Hacker News
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Google has issued security updates for its Chrome browser, addressing 12 vulnerabilities, including a high-severity zero-day flaw (CVE-2026-85046) that is actively being exploited. The vulnerability, a type confusion bug in Chrome's V8 engine, could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious HTML page. Users are urged to update to Chrome versions 152.0.7977.82/.83 for Windows/macOS or 152.0.7977.82 for Linux to mitigate this critical risk.

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