Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to crafted HTML page
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ExploitMalicious content processed by ANGLE
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ExecutionTrigger memory corruption (CWE-119)
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code in renderer sandbox
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a victim using Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 to navigate to a crafted HTML page under attacker control (UI:R / user interaction required) - this is the primary limiting factor, as no exploitation occurs without the victim loading the malicious content. No authentication or special privileges are needed (PR:N), and default Chrome configurations are affected since ANGLE is the standard graphics-translation backend. The key impact limiter is that successful exploitation yields code execution confined to the renderer sandbox (S:U); escaping to the host requires chaining with a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability. |
| Impact | This is a genuine patch-now priority for any environment running Chrome, but with an important nuance. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) confirms a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated vulnerability requiring only that a victim load a crafted HTML page - a trivially met condition for a browser. Chrome's ubiquity amplifies the exposure. However, the description explicitly scopes the outcome to 'execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox,' meaning this flaw alone yields code execution confined to the renderer sandbox and would need to be chained with a separate sandbox-escape bug to achieve full host compromise; this is reflected in the scope-unchanged (S:U) metric. No EPSS score, KEV listing, POC, or SSVC data was supplied in the input, so exploitation-likelihood signals cannot be cross-referenced - the 8.8 score here reflects potential impact, not confirmed real-world exploitation. The 'High' Chromium severity rating (not Critical) is consistent with a sandboxed-RCE memory-corruption bug. Net: treat as high-priority remediation due to prevalence and ease of triggering, while recognizing that standalone real-world impact is limited by the sandbox and that no active-exploitation evidence is present in the provided data. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing malicious content that triggers the memory-corruption flaw in Chrome's ANGLE graphics component, then lures a victim into visiting it. When the page renders, the attacker gains arbitrary code execution within the Chrome renderer sandbox, which would typically be combined with a sandbox-escape exploit to reach the underlying system. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Memory corruption in ANGLE, the graphics-translation layer that backs WebGL in Google Chrome, allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the renderer sandbox when a victim navigates to a crafted HTML page on a build prior to 156.0.8078.47. Exploitation is unauthenticated (PR:N) but requires user interaction (UI:R) - the victim must load the attacker-controlled page - and any resulting code execution is confined to the renderer process, so host compromise requires chaining with a separate sandbox-escape flaw. Google rates the issue High severity and has shipped a vendor patch in 156.0.8078.47; no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and no CISA KEV listing is associated with this CVE.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 156.0.8078.47. Update immediately via the browser's built-in updater (Help > About Chrome) or the platform package manager, then fully restart the browser, since the patched binary only takes effect once all Chrome processes have relaunched; verify the reported version at chrome://version. Enterprise fleets should force the update through Google Update policy (UpdateDefault/auto-update enforcement) and confirm compliance before the next browsing cycle, and Chromium derivatives should be checked for the equivalent upstream ANGLE fix. If immediate updating is not possible, the highest-value compensating control is disabling WebGL - launch with --disable-webgl or push the DefaultWebGLSettings / WebGL policy to block 3D APIs - which removes the primary attack surface but breaks WebGL-based applications, mapping tools, and browser games. Keeping Site Isolation enabled (the default) limits cross-site data exposure if the renderer is compromised, and confining untrusted browsing to a disposable or low-privilege profile reduces the value of renderer-level code execution. These measures are stopgaps; the memory-corruption root cause is only resolved by the 156.0.8078.47 update, as documented in the Chrome Releases advisory.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
ANGLE (Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine) is the cross-platform shim Chrome uses to translate OpenGL ES and WebGL API calls into the host platform's native graphics stack - Direct3D on Windows, Metal on macOS, and Vulkan or desktop GL elsewhere. Because any web page can issue WebGL commands, memory-safety defects inside ANGLE's command validation and buffer-handling paths are directly reachable from untrusted web content without any extension or privilege. The assigned CWE-119 class (improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer) points to missing or incorrect length and index validation, producing out-of-bounds reads and writes and heap corruption that an attacker can shape into controlled memory writes inside the renderer. Chrome's renderer sandbox is the structural containment here: CVSS scope is unchanged (S:U), so a successful exploit yields code execution with renderer privileges rather than host-level access, and pivoting to the OS requires a second, independent sandbox-escape vulnerability. Technical details remain restricted in the Chromium issue tracker (553117511), consistent with Google's practice of withholding exploit specifics until most users have updated.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable via web page with low complexity and no privileges, but requires user to open a page (UI:R); impact is high yet sandbox-confined so scope is unchanged (S:U).
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Memory corruption in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome builds prior to 156.0.8078.47 carry a high-severity memory-corruption flaw in ANGLE, the graphics layer behind WebGL, that could allow a malicious webpage to run code inside the browser's renderer sandbox. Because the impact is contained to the renderer and full host compromise would require chaining a separate sandbox escape, the practical exposure is concentrated in workforce browsing rather than servers or data stores. Leadership should treat this as a fleet hygiene issue: unauthenticated but requiring a user to visit a crafted page, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis and a vendor fix already available.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
EUVD-2026-105433
GHSA-xg28-6wpf-m7q6
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