Google Releases Chrome Security Update Fixing 15 Vulnerabilities Including Two Critical Flaws
Google has released a security update for its browser Chrome on August 18, 2026, local time. The update fixes multiple vulnerabilities, including two rated as critical in severity.
The company released Chrome 151.0.7922.170 and Chrome 151.0.7922.169 for Windows and macOS, along with Chrome 151.0.7922.169 for Linux. These versions address a total of 15 vulnerabilities, 11 of which were reported by Google itself. The rollout is scheduled to occur gradually over the next several days to weeks.
Two vulnerabilities are classified at the highest severity level of critical. These are a buffer overflow in WebGL tracked as CVE-2026-76034 and a buffer overflow in Dawn tracked as CVE-2026-76036. Both issues were reported by Google after mid-July.
Thirteen additional vulnerabilities rated high severity were also resolved. These include type confusion and calculation errors in the V8 script engine, Use After Free flaws in Browser and WebGL, buffer overflows in ANGLE, and information disclosure issues in Skia.
Other fixes address implementation flaws in CORS, link handling problems in CredentialProvider, race conditions in USB, and the use of uninitialized resources in GPU components.
The complete list of patched vulnerabilities is as follows:
- CVE-2026-76033
- CVE-2026-76034
- CVE-2026-76035
- CVE-2026-76036
- CVE-2026-76037
- CVE-2026-76038
- CVE-2026-76039
- CVE-2026-76040
- CVE-2026-76041
- CVE-2026-76042
- CVE-2026-76043
- CVE-2026-76044
- CVE-2026-76045
- CVE-2026-76046
- CVE-2026-76047
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