Google patches an actively exploited Chrome V8 zero-day
On Friday, September 4, Google issued an emergency Chrome update for CVE-2026-85046, a high-severity type-confusion flaw in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine that was already being exploited. Developers and security teams were urged to update Chrome and watch for corresponding patches across Chromium-based browsers.
There is no CVE-2026-85046 or matching Google Chrome emergency update; the details provided are not factual.
