# Update Chrome now to protect against an actively exploited vulnerability

DevFeed: [Update Chrome now to protect against an actively exploited vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/update-chrome-now-to-protect-against-an-actively-exploited-vulnerability-8433.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/bugs/2026/09/update-chrome-now-to-protect-against-an-actively-exploited-vulnerability>)

Author: Pieter Arntz

Published: 2026-09-10T10:52:08Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/malwarebytes.md>)

Topics: [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [sandbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sandbox.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [stable-channel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stable-channel.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>), [webgl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webgl.md>)

## AI overview

Chrome's desktop update fixes 230 security issues, including CVE-2026-87491, an actively exploited V8 out-of-bounds write flaw. The article explains how to update Chrome and describes the vulnerability's potential impact within the browser sandbox.

## Source excerpt

Chrome issues another monster update, fixing an actively exploited V8 vulnerability and 229 other flaws.