Google Releases Chrome 88, Patches Critical Vulnerabilities

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Thursday 21 January 2021

The impact of this issue announcement is critical. Please act accordingly to rectify the issue, as stated below.

What's affected:

Versions prior to Chrome 88.

What you need to know:

Google has released Chrome 88, which addresses 36 vulnerabilities including an insufficient policy enforcement issue in Cryptohome rated as critical severity (CVE-2021-21117), as well as removal of Flash support which reached its end-of-life on 31 December 2020.

Actions to be taken:

Update Google Chrome browser to 88.0.4324.96 (latest stable build).

Sources:

https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-88-drops-flash-patches-critical-vulnerability?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Securityweek+%28SecurityWeek+RSS+Feed%29

Further reading:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-chrome-88-released-with-no-flash-bringing-an-end-to-an-era/

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