Chrome fixes a problematic safety flaw in first replace of 2026

Google has fastened a vulnerability within the new Chrome variations 143.0.7499.192/193 for Home windows and macOS and 143.0.7499.192 for Linux. In accordance with Google, this vulnerability has not but been exploited for assaults within the wild.

Within the Chrome Releases weblog submit, Harry Souders offers scant particulars on the fastened vulnerability, which was reported to Google by an exterior researcher. The vulnerability (recognized as CVE-2026-0628) is classed as excessive danger and is positioned within the WebView part, attributable to unspecified guidelines that aren’t constantly enforced (“inadequate coverage enforcement”). This may imply, for instance, that content material from an exterior supply is loaded as a result of its origin isn’t checked or checked rigorously sufficient, though the foundations (corresponding to the identical origin coverage) present for this. Gal Weizman reported this to Google on the finish of November.

Chrome normally updates itself robotically when a brand new model is obtainable, however you possibly can manually set off the replace verify utilizing the menu merchandise Assist > About Google Chrome. Google has additionally supplied Chrome for Android 143.0.7499.193. The identical vulnerabilities have been fastened within the Android model as within the desktop variations. The Prolonged Secure Channel for Home windows and macOS now accommodates the up to date Chromium model 142.0.7499.265.

Google will launch Chrome 144 on January thirteenth, 2026.

Different Chromium-based browsers

The producers of different Chromium-based browsers at the moment are being known as upon to observe swimsuit with updates. Microsoft Edge and Courageous are presently on Chromium 143 and on the pre-Christmas safety degree.

Vivaldi ignores odd Chromium variations (corresponding to 143) and makes use of the Prolonged Secure Channel of the earlier model as an alternative. Vivaldi 7.7.3851.66 from December seventeenth, 2025 accommodates Chromium 142.0.7444.245. The Prolonged Secure Channel now accommodates Chromium 142.0.7444.265, which Vivaldi will presumably use to rapidly present an replace. In the meantime, the builders are specializing in Vivaldi 7.8 with Chromium 144.

With the Opera One 125 browser primarily based on Chromium model 141, which was launched on December 4th, 2025, Opera has closed the hole on the competitors in the intervening time. Nonetheless, Google has not launched any updates for this Chromium model—the final one dates again to October 2025. The beta model Opera 126 accommodates Chromium 142, which is more likely to have acquired a closing replace this week.