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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DeliveryPage drives malicious input into ANGLE
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ExploitTrigger use-after-free (CWE-416)
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ExecutionCorrupt memory and execute code outside sandbox
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ImpactFull compromise of host
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
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 a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 157.0.8103.38) to load attacker-controlled web content - the crafted HTML page that triggers the use-after-free in the ANGLE graphics component; this user interaction (UI:R: visiting/rendering the page) is the primary limiting factor and no authentication is required (PR:N). No special non-default configuration is indicated by the description - standard Chrome rendering of web/graphics content is the affected surface. The decisive and distinguishing condition is that the flaw results in code execution OUTSIDE the Chrome sandbox (CVSS S:C), so it is not contained by renderer sandboxing; the exact memory-corruption trigger mechanism within ANGLE is not described in the available sources. The only complete fix stated by the evidence is updating to Chrome 157.0.8103.38 or later. |
| Impact | This is a genuine high priority, not an inflated-CVSS artifact. The CVSS:3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, 9.6) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw whose only gating factor is user interaction (UI:R), and the changed scope (S:C) reflects the key danger called out in the description: code execution OUTSIDE the Chrome sandbox from a renderer-side use-after-free in ANGLE (Chrome's OpenGL ES/WebGL abstraction layer). The signals are partly in tension and this must be stated plainly: the vuln.today Decision label is 'act_now', yet CISA SSVC lists Exploitation=none and Automatable=no, and no EPSS score was supplied - so urgency here is driven by the total technical impact (SSVC Technical Impact=total) and the sandbox-escape class rather than by any evidence of in-the-wild use. There is no CISA KEV listing in the input and no exploit/PoC reference among the sources, so this should be treated as a severe-but-not-yet-known-exploited browser RCE where patching speed matters because of impact and the historically short time-to-exploit for ANGLE/graphics bugs, not because active exploitation is confirmed. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing crafted content that drives Chrome's ANGLE graphics layer into a use-after-free state; a victim running a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 157.0.8103.38) simply visits the page, satisfying the required user interaction. Because the flaw yields code execution outside the sandbox (S:C), successful exploitation can lead to full compromise of the host rather than mere renderer-process corruption. No public exploit or PoC reference is present in the supplied data, and the low attack complexity (AC:L) means a reliable exploit, if developed, would need no unusual preconditions. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026
Use-after-free in ANGLE, the graphics translation layer used by Google Chrome, lets a remote attacker execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox when a victim loads a crafted HTML page in any Chrome build prior to 157.0.8103.38. No authentication is required, but successful exploitation depends on the target rendering the attacker's page (UI:R), and because the CVSS scope is changed (S:C), the resulting code execution is not contained by renderer sandboxing, giving high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact. Severity is rated 9.6 with a priority label of act_now, although CISA SSVC records no known exploitation, marking it automatable: no; no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis. This is a genuine high priority rather than an inflated-CVSS artifact, and the only complete fix stated in the available evidence is upgrading to Chrome 157.0.8103.38 or later.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Chrome 157.0.8103.38. Update to that build or later; the evidence states this is the only complete fix and lists no workaround, so browser auto-update should be allowed to complete and Chrome should be relaunched so the new binary is actually running. Confirm the installed version after relaunch, and treat managed or pinned deployments as urgent given the act_now priority and the fact that exploitation escapes the sandbox. Track the vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html and the Chromium issue at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/571059182 for the fix confirmation; the NVD entry https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-121148 carries the CVE record.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
ANGLE (Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine) is the cross-platform graphics abstraction shipped with Chrome that translates OpenGL ES / WebGL and hardware-accelerated canvas operations onto native backends such as Direct3D, Metal, OpenGL and Vulkan. The flaw is classified as CWE-416 (Use After Free): memory associated with an ANGLE object is released while a reference to it is still in use, so subsequent operations act on reclaimed memory and can be steered into attacker-controlled code execution. The affected package per CPE is google:chrome (cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome), covering all platform builds below 157.0.8103.38; the reachable surface is ordinary web content, since Chrome renders the crafted page without any non-default configuration being indicated. The severity is driven by the scope change in the assessed vector (S:C) - the impact escapes the renderer sandbox - paired with PR:N/AC:L and UI:R. The specific memory-corruption trigger within ANGLE, including which object is freed and how reuse is achieved, is not described in the available sources, and the supplied SSVC data records no known exploitation and no automatable exploit path.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote crafted page over the network (AV:N), no auth (PR:N), but victim must visit the page (UI:R); sandbox escape changes scope (S:C) with total host impact (C/I/A:H).
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 157.0.8103.38 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome versions prior to 157.0.8103.38 contain a critical use-after-free vulnerability in ANGLE that allows remote code execution outside the browser sandbox when a user visits a malicious webpage. This affects all organizational users of Chrome and could lead to full system compromise, data theft, and malware installation. Leadership should prioritize immediate patching given the critical severity and potential for significant business disruption.
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Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.
Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
EUVD-2026-116400
GHSA-f464-c9f3-gqv6
NVD
CVE.org
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB