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In summary:
- PCWorld reports that Chrome 150.0.7871.46/47 fixes nearly 400 security vulnerabilities, including 15 critical flaws mostly involving ‘use-after-free’ issues.
- Google discovered 358 flaws internally while external researchers contributed additional findings, earning $90,000 in security bounties for their efforts.
- Users should manually update Chrome through ‘Help → About Google Chrome’ to ensure protection against these vulnerabilities if automatic updates haven’t occurred.
Chrome just released version 150.0.7871.46/47 for Windows and macOS and 150.0.7871.46 for Linux to the stable channel. With it, the developers have fixed just under 400 security vulnerabilities, some of which are considered critical. According to Google, none of the patched flaws are being exploited in the wild yet.
In the Chrome Releases blog post, Daniel Yip lists 382 security vulnerabilities that have been fixed, stating that Google discovered 358 of these by itself. The remaining flaws were identified and reported by external security researchers. Google has awarded these researchers a total of nearly $90,000 in bounties.
Fifteen of the vulnerabilities are classified as critical: CVE-2026-13774 to CVE-2026-13788. The majority of those critical flaws are use-after-free (UAF) vulnerabilities in various components, such as the Dawn graphics library. Three vulnerabilities can be exploited due to insufficient validation of input data (including user input).
A further 67 security vulnerabilities are classified as high risk. Of the remaining vulnerabilities, 169 are considered medium risk and 131 low risk. This time, the largest overall category is “inappropriate implementation” (accounting for 82 of them) followed by “insufficient validation” of inputs (79 of them) and “use-after-free” vulnerabilities (72 of them). Given the sheer number of flaws fixed, it’s likely AI was involved in finding and possibly even addressing them.
Chrome usually updates automatically when a new version is available. You can manually check for updates via the menu Help → About Google Chrome (or go to Settings → About Google Chrome).
Google has also released Chrome for Android version 150.0.7871.63 this week, having released Chrome for iOS version 150.0.7871.51 last week. The Android version addresses the same vulnerabilities as the desktop versions. The Extended Stable Channel (ESC) for Windows and macOS now also includes Chromium version 150.0.7871.47.
The release of Chrome 151 is scheduled for the end of July.
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This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.