Google’s Chrome Update Patches Sixth Zero-Day Exploited in 2026

Chrome users have another actively exploited zero-day to worry about, and this one sits inside the engine that powers much of the modern web. Google has patched CVE-2026-85046, a high-severity type confusion vulnerability in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. The company confirmed that an exploit for the flaw exists in the wild, making...