Should you update to Brave 1.92.141?

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No: install Brave 1.99.55 instead. Brave 1.92.141 is a security update Brave released on 17 Jul 2026 for Mac, Windows and Linux. It fixes 7 security flaws, 3 rated critical and 4 high by Brave.[1] None of them is known to be used in attacks.

It has since been replaced by Brave 1.92.143, released 22 Jul 2026, which includes all of its fixes.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 1.92.141, so there’s no reason to stop at this one. Software Update offers the newest version your device can run.

Is Brave 1.92.141 still safe?

Not any more. The 23 updates since, up to Brave 1.99.55, fix 2,192 security flaws that Brave 1.92.141 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 7 security flaws, 3 rated critical and 4 high by Brave.[1] The 7 critical and high ones are:

FlawSeverityWhat Brave calls it
CVE-2026-15899CriticalUse after free in CameraCapture
CVE-2026-15900CriticalUse after free in GPU
CVE-2026-15901CriticalUse after free in Network
CVE-2026-15902HighUse after free in Cast
CVE-2026-15903HighOut of bounds read and write in V8
CVE-2026-15904HighUse after free in Ozone
CVE-2026-15905HighUse after free in Aura

How to update, and how long it takes

A minute or two. Brave restarts and reopens your tabs.

  1. Open Brave and click the ☰ menu at the top right.Choose About Brave. Brave looks for the update and downloads it by itself.
  2. 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 1.92.143 or later.

1.92.140 vs 1.92.141

Brave 1.92.140, released 15 Jul 2026, fixed 15 security flaws. Brave 1.92.141 fixes 7 security flaws and includes the fixes before it, so going straight to 1.92.141 gets you both.

References

  1. ^ Brave. “Brave Release v1.92.141 (Chromium 150.0.7871.128)”, 17 Jul 2026.