Ravie LakshmananNovember 10, 2026Browser Vulnerability/Security Google on Monday released updates to patch nine security vulnerabilities, including one that has been actively exploited in the wild. The high severity vulnerability, assigned CVE identifier CVE-2026-125350 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a use-after-free bug in the XML component. Use-after-free errors typically occur when a program attempts to access a memory location after it has already been freed. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to corrupt data, crash the program, or execute arbitrary code. An anonymous security researcher is credited with discovering and reporting the flaw on November 6, 2026. Google acknowledged that it is “aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-125350 exists in the wild,” but has not revealed any additional specific information related to how it is abused in real-world attacks or who is behind them. “Access to bug details and links may remain restricted until the majority of users are updated with a fix,” the tech giant added. “We will also maintain restrictions if the bug exists in a third-party library that other projects similarly depend on, but which has not yet been fixed.” With the latest development, Google has addressed a total of eight actively exploited Chrome zero days since the beginning of the year. This includes CVE-2026-2441, CVE-2026-3909, CVE-2026-3910, CVE-2026-5281, CVE-2026-11645, CVE-2026-85046, and CVE-2026-87491. For optimal protection, users are recommended to update their Chrome browser to versions 157.0.8103.50/.51 for Windows and Apple macOS, and 157.0.8103.50 for Linux. To ensure the latest updates are installed, users can navigate to More > Help > About Google Chrome and select Restart. Users of other Chromium-based browsers, such as Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi, are also recommended to apply the fixes when they become available.
