Google just patched 30 high-risk Chrome security vulnerabilities
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In summary:
- PCWorld reports that Google Chrome has released updates 147.0.7727.137/138 for desktop and Android, fixing 30 security vulnerabilities, including four critical use-after-free flaws.
- None of these vulnerabilities are currently exploited, but updating is still crucial to protect against possible future attacks.
- Users should manually check for updates via “Help > About Google Chrome” to ensure timely security protection beyond automatic updates.
In the new versions of Chrome 147.0.7727.137/138 for Windows and macOS and 147.0.7727.137 for Linux, no less than 30 security vulnerabilities have been fixed in anticipation of the next generation of Chrome. None of these vulnerabilities are yet exploited in the wild.
In the Chrome Releases blog post, Srinivas Sista lists all the vulnerabilities that have been fixed, not just those discovered by external security researchers. About two-thirds of the vulnerabilities, from CVE-2026-7333 to CVE-2026-7363, were discovered by Google employees. A vulnerability in WebRTC has been reported by Mozilla.
Google classifies four of the vulnerabilities as critical, all of which are use-after-free (UAF) vulnerabilities in various components. Use-after-free vulnerabilities also dominate the rest of the patched vulnerabilities, making up just under two-thirds of the total list. We also see type confusion in the V8 JavaScript engine. In addition to the vulnerabilities classified as high risk, there are three others with a medium risk level.
Chrome usually updates automatically when a new version is available. You can manually check for updates via the menu item Help > About Google Chrome.
Google also released Chrome for Android 147.0.7727.137 this week. The Android version fixes the same vulnerabilities as the desktop versions. The extended stable channel for Windows and macOS now includes Chromium version 146.0.7680.216.
The release of Chrome 148 is expected in early May.
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This article was originally published on our sister publication PC-WELT and has been translated and localized from German.
