Google Releases Chrome 156 Fixing 353 Vulnerabilities Including Six Critical Issues
Google has released Chrome 156 for Windows, macOS, and Linux, addressing a total of 353 vulnerabilities tracked via CVE identifiers. Six of these flaws received the highest Critical severity rating, primarily involving memory corruption in components such as Skia, Accessibility, CSS, Paint, and WebRTC. One additional Critical issue is a Use-After-Free vulnerability in Accessibility reported by Anthropic researcher Xinyang Ge with assistance from Claude. Sixty-one High severity vulnerabilities were also fixed across V8, ANGLE, WebRTC and other modules, covering memory corruption, use-after-free conditions, and input validation problems. The update further resolves 197 Medium and 89 Low severity issues. Patches are being deployed gradually over the coming days and weeks to all supported platforms.
Security NEXTOct 21, 2026Translated from Japanese