Google Releases Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited V8 Zero-Day

Byadmblake

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 V8 in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.82…

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 V8 in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.82 allowed a remote

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