Stable Channel Update for Desktop

The stable channel has been updated to 86.0.4240.198 for Windows, Mac & Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.


A list of all changes is available in the log. Interested in switching release channels?Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

Security Fixes and Rewards

Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. 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.


This update includes 2 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.


[$TBD][1147206] High CVE-2020-16013: Inappropriate implementation in V8. Reported by Anonymous on 2020-11-09

[$TBD][1146709] High CVE-2020-16017: Use after free in site isolation. Reported by Anonymous on 2020-11-07


Google is aware of reports that exploits for CVE-2020-16013 and CVE-2020-16017 exist in the wild.


We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.


Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.


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Prudhvikumar Bommana