India, June 10 -- Google's latest Chrome security update is not a routine maintenance release. It closes CVE-2026-11645, a high-severity flaw in V8 that has already been exploited in real attacks. For users and IT teams, the practical message is simple: update Chrome and restart the browser.

The bug sits inside V8, Chrome's JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. That makes it especially important because V8 processes much of the active code that runs inside modern websites. Google's update fixes 74 vulnerabilities in total, but CVE-2026-11645 stands out because attackers found it before most systems were patched.

CVE-2026-11645 has a Common Vulnerability Scoring System score of 8.8. It is described as an out-of-bounds read and write issue. ...