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#2 The Hacker News general September 04, 2026 at 07:18 UTC

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

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Google released Chrome 152.0.7977.82 to patch CVE-2026-85046, a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript/WebAssembly engine that is already being actively exploited in the wild — the 6th Chrome zero-day of 2026. All Chrome users and enterprise fleet managers should prioritize immediate updates, as V8 type confusion flaws are routinely leveraged for sandbox escapes and remote code execution.

Relevance score: 87.0/100

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