Update Your Browser: Google Addresses Chrome Flaw Hackers Were Already Deploying
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Google has patched a high-severity Chrome flaw after finding that attackers were already using it.
Key facts
- The patch is included in Chrome 152.0.7977.82 and 152.0.7977.83 for Windows and Mac, and version 152.0.7977.82 for Linux
- While Google has not tied CVE-2026-85046 to attacks on crypto users, browser wallets, exchange accounts and trading extensions have been targeted through other methods
- Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-85046 exists in the wild,” the company said in a security notice published Thursday
- He believed the attack involved stolen authentication tokens and an earlier Chrome zero-day; however, no link to CVE-2026-85046 has been reported
Summary
The bug affects V8, which Chrome uses to run JavaScript and WebAssembly. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-85046 exists in the wild,” the company said in a security notice published Thursday. The patch is included in Chrome 152.0.7977.82 and 152.0.7977.83 for Windows and Mac, and version 152.0.7977.82 for Linux. CVE-2026-85046 is a type-confusion bug.