--- title: Urgent update issued for Google Chrome description: "Google has issued an update for its Chrome browser that patches the second \"high severity\" zero-day vulnerability this year. All 3.2 billion Chrome users are urged to update to Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, or Linux immediately." canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/urgent-update-issued-for-google-chrome/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- * [Home](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/) * [Articles](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/) * [Acronis Threat Research Unit](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/authors/acronis-threat-research-unit/) 30 March 2022 # Urgent update issued for Google Chrome Google has issued an update for its Chrome browser that patches the second "high severity" zero-day vulnerability this year. All 3.2 billion Chrome users are urged to update to Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, or Linux immediately. Author: **[Acronis Threat Research Unit](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/authors/acronis-threat-research-unit/)** [Video 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMHajvvw1SM) Google has issued an update for its Chrome browser that patches the second "high severity" zero-day vulnerability this year. All 3.2 billion Chrome users are urged to update to Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, or Linux immediately. The patch fixes a remote code execution vulnerability — currently tracked as CVE-2022-1096 — that is already being exploited in the wild. It is caused by a confusion weakness in the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine. Acronis Cyber Protect has patch management capabilities that make updating business-critical applications like Chrome simple, across all your devices. Just select the patches to install and the systems to install them on, then push the update command to all devices via a single web console. Related articles [The Gentlemen: A closer look at a not-so-gentle ransomware-as-a- service operation](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/the-gentlemen-a-closer-look-at-a-not-so-gentle-ransomware-as-a-service-operation/) [Acronis AI Copilot: Adoption is high and growing among MSPs](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/acronis-ai-copilot-adoption-is-high-and-growing-among-msps/) [Acronis Cyberthreats Update, October 2026](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/acronis-cyberthreats-update-october-2026/) [AI agents at work: What Acronis endpoint data reveals about MSP and SMB usage](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/ai-agents-at-work-what-acronis-endpoint-data-reveals-about-msp-and-smb-usage/)