Google has issued a security update for its Chrome browser which you should apply right now. That’s because Google has fixed six issues in its widely-used browser, half of which are rated as having a high severity.
The Chrome Stable channel has been updated to 139.0.7258.127/.128 for Windows, Mac and 139.0.7258.127 for Linux, Google said in an advisory published on the Chrome blog. The Chrome update will roll out over the coming days and weeks, according to Google.
The latest Google Chrome security fixes come just one week after the browser maker issued an update for eight flaws and two weeks following an emergency patch for a high severity vulnerability. The Chrome update also comes after Apple released iOS 18.6, fixing a hefty list of 29 security flaws.
Google doesn’t give a lot of detail about what’s fixed in Chrome 139.0.7258.127/.128. This is because it doesn’t want adversaries to get hold of the specifics before as many Chrome users as possible have updated their browsers.
“Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix,” Google wrote in its blog. “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,” Google explained
High Severity Issues Fixed In Google Chrome
CVE-2025-8879 is a heap buffer overflow flaw in libaom, which is rated as having a high impact. Meanwhile, CVE-2025-8880 is a race issue in V8 that Google has also rated as having a high severity.
The last high severity vulnerability is CVE-2025-8901, an out of bounds write issue in ANGLE, which allows a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.
Google details two of the medium severity flaws, CVE-2025-8881, an inappropriate implementation issue in File Picker and CVE-2025-8882, a use after free vulnerability in Aura.
None of the flaws fixed in Google Chrome have been used in real-life attacks, but some of the issues are pretty serious — especially those that can be exploited by remote attackers.
While Google says the Chrome update will be rolling out in the coming days and weeks, this, combined with the number of security flaws, makes it a good idea to update manually now.
To update Chrome to the latest version go to the Help|About Google Chrome option from your web browser settings menu and follow the prompts. Once you have upgraded Chrome, you need to ensure you relaunch your browser to activate the update.
