Should you update to Brave 1.92.140?
No: install Brave 1.99.55 instead. Brave 1.92.140 is a security update Brave released on 15 Jul 2026 for Mac, Windows and Linux. It fixes 15 security flaws, 2 rated critical and 12 high by Brave.[1] None of them is known to be used in attacks.
It has since been replaced by Brave 1.92.141, released 17 Jul 2026, which includes all of its fixes. If you’re on an older version, install that instead.
Should you update?
No: install Brave 1.99.55 instead. Brave 1.99.55 came out on 4 Nov 2026 and includes every fix in Brave 1.92.140, so there’s no reason to stop at this one. Software Update offers the newest version your device can run.
Is Brave 1.92.140 still safe?
Not any more. The 24 updates since, up to Brave 1.99.55, fix 2,199 security flaws that Brave 1.92.140 doesn’t, and each became public the day its fix shipped. Installing it is safe: get it only from Brave’s own About Brave page, never from a link in an email, text or pop-up.
What it fixes
Brave lists 15 security flaws, 2 rated critical and 12 high by Brave.[1] The 14 critical and high ones are:
| Flaw | Severity | What Brave calls it |
|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-15764 | Critical | Use after free in Ozone |
CVE-2026-15765 | Critical | Use after free in Ozone |
CVE-2026-15766 | High | Uninitialized Use in Skia |
CVE-2026-15767 | High | Heap buffer overflow in libyuv |
CVE-2026-15768 | High | Insufficient policy enforcement in HTML-in-Canvas |
CVE-2026-15769 | High | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Linux Toolkit Theming |
CVE-2026-15770 | High | Uninitialized Use in V8 |
CVE-2026-15771 | High | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Media |
CVE-2026-15772 | High | Use after free in GPU |
CVE-2026-15773 | High | Use after free in Core |
CVE-2026-15774 | High | Use after free in Skia |
CVE-2026-15775 | High | Insufficient policy enforcement in V8 |
CVE-2026-15776 | High | Type Confusion in V8 |
CVE-2026-15777 | High | Use after free in UI |
How to update, and how long it takes
A minute or two. Brave restarts and reopens your tabs.
- Open Brave and click the ☰ menu at the top right.Choose About Brave. Brave looks for the update and downloads it by itself.
- Click Relaunch.Brave closes and opens again with the same tabs.
To check it worked: ☰ menu → About Brave: it shows the version, like 1.84.135, and the Chromium it’s built on. It should say 1.92.141 or later.
1.92.139 vs 1.92.140
Brave 1.92.139, released 9 Jul 2026, fixed 27 security flaws. Brave 1.92.140 fixes 15 security flaws and includes the fixes before it, so going straight to 1.92.140 gets you both.
- Before: Brave 1.92.139, 9 Jul 2026, 27 security flaws
- After: Brave 1.92.141, 17 Jul 2026, 7 security flaws
- Brave updates, every release and the latest version
- Updates, the latest version of everything HARD tracks
References
- ^ Brave. “Brave Release v1.92.140 (Chromium 150.0.7871.125)”, 15 Jul 2026.