Google Issues Urgent Chrome Security Patch for Actively Exploited Vulnerability

Google has released an urgent security update for its Chrome browser, addressing a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-85046) that is actively being exploited. This type confusion flaw in the V8 engine could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malicious web pages, making immediate updates to version 152.0.7977.82 or later crucial for user protection.