Google has updated the Chrome browser to address an actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in the V8 engine and 11 other vulnerabilities.
The exploited security issue, identified as CVE-2026-85046, is described as a type confusion. It was reported to Google by researcher Salvatore Gulizia, known online as “Serotav.”
The update brings Chrome to version 152.0.7977.82/.83 on Windows and macOS, and 152.0.7977.82 on Linux, as part of a gradual rollout..
“Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-85046 exists in the wild,” the advisory reads.
The company did not disclose any technical or specific exploitation details about the flaw to give users and dependent projects time to apply the fix.
