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What's New

The Stable and Extended Stable channel has been updated to 156.0.8078.79/.80 for Windows and Mac and 156.0.8078.79 to Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.

Security Fixes and Rewards

Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven't yet fixed.

This update includes 37 security fixes. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.

  • [TBD][567736859] Critical CVE-2026-110152: Buffer overflow in ANGLE. Reported by Zhenpeng (Leo) Lin at depthfirst on 2026-09-30
  • [N/A][568437149] Critical CVE-2026-110149: Use after free in Browser. Reported by Google on 2026-10-01
  • [N/A][568719364] Critical CVE-2026-110136: Use after free in PDF. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-02
  • [N/A][568826881] Critical CVE-2026-110161: Use after free in Network. Reported by Google on 2026-10-02
  • [N/A][568827293] Critical CVE-2026-110165: Use after free in Core. Reported by Google on 2026-10-02
  • [N/A][570050934] Critical CVE-2026-110148: Use after free in SVG. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-05
  • [N/A][570638834] Critical CVE-2026-110151: Use after free in Media. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-06
  • [$1,000][540499008] High CVE-2026-110162: Use after free in Desktop. Reported by Findingz on 2026-07-29
  • [N/A][496308073] High CVE-2026-110170: Use after free in Bindings. Reported by Google on 2026-03-25
  • [N/A][552510359] High CVE-2026-110160: Missing authorization in ReadingMode. Reported by Google on 2026-08-25
  • [N/A][554531101] High CVE-2026-110143: Use of uninitialized variable in ThirdParty lmza_sdk. Reported by Google on 2026-08-29
  • [TBD][561039723] High CVE-2026-110146: Information leak in Passwords. Reported by Hoyong Jin on 2026-09-14
  • [TBD][561334760] High CVE-2026-110150: Privilege elevation in Installer. Reported by M. Fauzan Wijaya (Gh05t666nero) on 2026-09-14
  • [N/A][561892119] High CVE-2026-110156: Incorrect reference resolution in Extensions. Reported by Google on 2026-09-15
  • [N/A][561997899] High CVE-2026-110137: Use after free in WebRTC. Reported by Google on 2026-09-15
  • [N/A][562038980] High CVE-2026-110140: Type confusion in V8. Reported by Google on 2026-09-15
  • [N/A][562242421] High CVE-2026-110158: Use after free in Passwords. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-09-16
  • [N/A][562243925] High CVE-2026-110145: Use after free in Passwords. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-09-16
  • [TBD][564573066] High CVE-2026-110159: Incorrect authorization in Updater. Reported by Aria Akhavan - Haikhavan Security on 2026-09-21
  • [TBD][565252396] High CVE-2026-110144: Incorrect authorization in Mojo. Reported by Souma Ohsawa on 2026-09-23
  • [N/A][565742182] High CVE-2026-110153: Use after free in Media. Reported by xinyang on 2026-09-24
  • [TBD][566496747] High CVE-2026-110166: Buffer overflow in Animation. Reported by Syn4pse (@ret2happy) on 2026-09-26
  • [N/A][567088929] High CVE-2026-110169: Use after free in V8. Reported by Xinyang Ge (Anthropic), assisted by Claude on 2026-09-28
  • [N/A][568010382] High CVE-2026-110168: Use after free in V8. Reported by Google on 2026-10-01
  • [TBD][568037533] High CVE-2026-110139: Use after free in Media. Reported by weihengqiuu on 2026-09-30
  • [N/A][568719352] High CVE-2026-110172: Use after free in Media. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-02
  • [N/A][568730794] High CVE-2026-110164: Use after free in DOM. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-02
  • [N/A][568831102] High CVE-2026-110163: Use after free in DOM. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-02
  • [N/A][568895734] High CVE-2026-110141: Observable discrepancy in Media. Reported by Google on 2026-10-02
  • [N/A][568899705] High CVE-2026-110138: Use after free in ShapeDetection. Reported by Google on 2026-10-02
  • [N/A][570047270] High CVE-2026-110157: Use after free in SVG. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-05
  • [N/A][570050928] High CVE-2026-110147: Use after free in PDF. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-05
  • [N/A][570167920] High CVE-2026-110154: Use after free in Canvas. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-05
  • [N/A][570167922] High CVE-2026-110155: Buffer overflow in PDFium. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-05
  • [N/A][570461696] High CVE-2026-110167: Use after free in Media. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-06
  • [N/A][570675082] High CVE-2026-110171: Use after free in Media. Reported by Xinyang Ge on 2026-10-06
  • [TBD][553525515] Medium CVE-2026-110142: Use after free in FileSystem. Reported by Andrew Boni on 2026-08-27

We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.

Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.