U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
CISA added actively exploited Chrome V8 type-confusion flaw CVE-2026-85046 (CVSS 8.8) to its KEV catalog; Google patched it in Chrome 152.
CISA added CVE-2026-85046 (CVSS 8.8), a V8 type confusion flaw, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, requiring US federal agencies to patch by September 18, 2026. Google fixed it in Chrome Stable 152.0.7977.82/.83 for Windows and Mac and 152.0.7977.82 for Linux, alongside 11 other vulnerabilities. The bug lets a remote attacker execute arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page and is the sixth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026. Researcher Salvatore Gulizia (Serotav) reported it on August 4, 2026.
- CVE-2026-85046 is a V8 type confusion enabling arbitrary read/write on the JavaScript heap.
- Fixed in Chrome Stable 152.0.7977.82/.83 (Windows/Mac) and 152.0.7977.82 (Linux).
- Sixth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026; CISA deadline is September 18, 2026.
- Reported by researcher Serotav (Salvatore Gulizia) on August 4, 2026, with a $1,000 bounty.
- Vendors
- GoogleGoogle Chrome
- Products
- Google ChromeV8
- Organizations
- GoogleCISASalvatore Gulizia
- Countries
- United States
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-11645 | Out-of-Bounds Read/Write in Google Chrome V8 Enables In-Sandbox Code Execution | 8.8 | 2% | KEVPoC | KEV |
| CVE-2026-2441 | Use-After-Free in Google Chromium CSS Rendering Exposes Chrome, Edge, Opera Users | 8.8 | 55% | KEVPoC | KEV |
| CVE-2026-3909 | Out-of-Bounds Write in Google Chrome's Skia Rendering Engine | 8.8 | 2% | KEV | KEV |
| CVE-2026-3910 | Out-of-Bounds Memory Flaw in Google Chrome V8 Allows Sandboxed Code Execution | 8.8 | 3% | KEV | KEV |
| CVE-2026-5281 | Use-After-Free in Google Chrome's Dawn (WebGPU) Component Enables Arbitrary Code Execution | 8.8 | 14% | KEV | KEV |
| CVE-2026-85046 | Actively Exploited V8 Type Confusion in Google Chrome (CVE-2026-85046) | 8.8 | 2% | KEVPoC ×6 | KEV |
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U. S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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