Should you update to Brave 1.93.129?
No: install Brave 1.99.55 instead. Brave 1.93.129 is a security update Brave released on 30 Jul 2026 for Mac, Windows and Linux. It fixes 371 security flaws, 7 rated critical and 71 high by Brave.[1] None of them is known to be used in attacks.
It has since been replaced by Brave 1.93.134, released 7 Aug 2026, which includes all of its fixes.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 1.93.129, so there’s no reason to stop at this one. Software Update offers the newest version your device can run.
Is Brave 1.93.129 still safe?
Not any more. The 20 updates since, up to Brave 1.99.55, fix 1,805 security flaws that Brave 1.93.129 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 371 security flaws, 7 rated critical and 71 high by Brave.[1] The 78 critical and high ones are:
| Flaw | Severity | What Brave calls it |
|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-17650 | Critical | Use after free in Compositing |
CVE-2026-17651 | Critical | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Dawn |
CVE-2026-17652 | Critical | Use after free in Views |
CVE-2026-17653 | Critical | Use after free in Skia |
CVE-2026-17654 | Critical | Race in Updater |
CVE-2026-17655 | Critical | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE |
CVE-2026-17656 | Critical | Use after free in Ozone |
CVE-2026-17657 | High | Use after free in Navigation |
CVE-2026-17658 | High | Use after free in V8 |
CVE-2026-17659 | High | Inappropriate implementation in SiteIsolation |
CVE-2026-17660 | High | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Network |
CVE-2026-17661 | High | Use after free in Loader |
CVE-2026-17662 | High | Insufficient policy enforcement in Prefetch |
CVE-2026-17663 | High | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in GPU |
CVE-2026-17664 | High | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Loader |
CVE-2026-17665 | High | Use after free in V8 |
CVE-2026-17666 | High | Cryptographic Flaw in Enterprise |
CVE-2026-17667 | High | Uninitialized Use in ANGLE |
CVE-2026-17668 | High | Uninitialized Use in ANGLE |
CVE-2026-17669 | High | Inappropriate implementation in Chrome for iOS |
CVE-2026-17670 | High | Use after free in Views |
CVE-2026-17671 | High | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE |
CVE-2026-17672 | High | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Chromecast |
CVE-2026-17673 | High | Integer overflow in QUIC |
CVE-2026-17674 | High | Inappropriate implementation in HTML |
CVE-2026-17675 | High | Out of bounds write in ANGLE |
CVE-2026-17676 | High | Inappropriate implementation in ANGLE |
CVE-2026-17677 | High | Inappropriate implementation in ANGLE |
CVE-2026-17678 | High | Out of bounds read in ANGLE |
CVE-2026-17679 | High | Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Print Preview |
| and 48 more | ||
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 1.93.134 or later.
1.92.144 vs 1.93.129
Brave 1.92.144, released 24 Jul 2026, fixed 4 security flaws. Brave 1.93.129 fixes 371 security flaws and includes the fixes before it, so going straight to 1.93.129 gets you both.
- Before: Brave 1.92.144, 24 Jul 2026, 4 security flaws
- After: Brave 1.93.134, 7 Aug 2026, 41 security flaws
- Brave updates, every release and the latest version
- Updates, the latest version of everything HARD tracks
References
- ^ Brave. “Brave Release v1.93.129 (Chromium 151.0.7922.71)”, 30 Jul 2026.