Google Chrome Zero-day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2026-85046)
Google patched 12 Chrome flaws including in-the-wild V8 zero-day CVE-2026-85046; CISA added it to the KEV catalog.
Google released Chrome 152.0.7977.82/.83 for Windows and Mac (152.0.7977.82 for Linux) fixing 12 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-85046, a type confusion flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine being exploited in the wild. CISA added CVE-2026-85046 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a patch deadline of September 18, 2026. This is Chrome's sixth zero-day patched in 2026, following CVE-2026-2441, CVE-2026-3909, CVE-2026-3910, CVE-2026-5281 and CVE-2026-11645. The other 11 fixes include use-after-free, out-of-bounds, race condition and input validation flaws in Skia, WebGL, DevTools, Network, Compositing and other components.
- CVE-2026-85046: V8 type confusion exploited in the wild
- CISA KEV deadline to patch: September 18, 2026
- Fix in Chrome 152.0.7977.82/.83 rolling out now
- Sixth Chrome zero-day patched in 2026
- 11 additional flaws fixed across Skia, WebGL, DevTools, Network
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-85046CVE-2026-2441CVE-2026-3909CVE-2026-3910CVE-2026-5281CVE-2026-11645CVE-2026-85052CVE-2026-85043CVE-2026-85048CVE-2026-85045CVE-2026-85050CVE-2026-85053CVE-2026-85042CVE-2026-85049CVE-2026-85051CVE-2026-85047CVE-2026-85044
- Vendors
- Products
- Google Chrome
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-2026-85042 | Use-after-free in Google Chrome DevTools enables sandbox-escaping code execution | 9.6 group max | <1% | ||
| CVE-2026-85046 | Actively Exploited V8 Type Confusion in Google Chrome (CVE-2026-85046) | 8.8 | 2% | KEVPoC ×6 | KEV |
From the original article
1 min read at threatprotect.qualys.comGoogle released security updates to address 12 vulnerabilities impacting the Chrome browser. One of these vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-85046, is being exploited in the wild. CVE-2026-85046 is a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine.
By Diksha Ojha · threatprotect.qualys.com
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