Should you update to Brave 1.94.121?
No: install Brave 1.99.55 instead. Brave 1.94.121 is a security update Brave released on 4 Sep 2026 for Mac, Windows and Linux. It fixes 12 security flaws, 0 rated critical and 10 high by Brave.[1] One of them is already being used in attacks.
It has since been replaced by Brave 1.95.100, released 9 Sep 2026, which includes all of its fixes.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 1.94.121, so there’s no reason to stop at this one. Software Update offers the newest version your device can run.
Is Brave 1.94.121 still safe?
Not any more. The 13 updates since, up to Brave 1.99.55, fix 1,372 security flaws that Brave 1.94.121 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 12 security flaws, 0 rated critical and 10 high by Brave.[1] The 10 critical and high ones are:
| Flaw | Severity | What Brave calls it |
|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-85046 | High | Type confusion in V8 |
CVE-2026-85052 | High | Out of bounds read in CrashReporting |
CVE-2026-85043 | High | Incomplete cleanup in Network |
CVE-2026-85048 | High | Use after free in Compositing |
CVE-2026-85045 | High | Race condition in V8 |
CVE-2026-85050 | High | Out of bounds write in WebGL |
CVE-2026-85053 | High | Improper resource exposure in CacheStorage |
CVE-2026-85042 | High | Use after free in DevTools |
CVE-2026-85049 | High | Use after free in Skia |
CVE-2026-85051 | High | Type confusion in Compositing |
Used in attacks
This fix closes a flaw that attackers were already using before the update came out, either on CISA’s list of flaws being used in attacks or in Brave’s own words.[2]
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 1.95.100 or later.
1.94.119 vs 1.94.121
Brave 1.94.119, released 2 Sep 2026, fixed 26 security flaws. Brave 1.94.121 fixes 12 security flaws and includes the fixes before it, so going straight to 1.94.121 gets you both.
- Before: Brave 1.94.119, 2 Sep 2026, 26 security flaws
- After: Brave 1.95.100, 9 Sep 2026, 230 security flaws
- Brave updates, every release and the latest version
- Updates, the latest version of everything HARD tracks
References
- ^ Brave. “Brave Release v1.94.121 (Chromium 152.0.7977.83)”, 4 Sep 2026.
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog”.