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Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome's ANGLE graphics layer prior to 149.0.7827.53 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page. The flaw is a use-after-free (CWE-416) requiring user interaction to visit the malicious page, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis despite an EPSS score of 0.03% indicating very low near-term exploitation probability.
Technical ContextAI
ANGLE (Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine) is Chromium's translation layer that converts OpenGL ES API calls into the host platform's native graphics API (Direct3D on Windows, Metal on macOS, Vulkan/OpenGL on Linux), enabling consistent WebGL and GPU-accelerated rendering across operating systems. Because ANGLE code executes within Chrome's GPU process, which historically has a weaker sandbox than the renderer to allow hardware access, memory corruption here is a prime target for sandbox-escape chains. The underlying weakness is CWE-416 (Use After Free), where memory is referenced after being freed - in graphics code this typically arises from object lifetime mismanagement across shader, buffer, or texture objects, allowing an attacker who controls the freed allocation to hijack control flow or corrupt critical state.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor-released patch by upgrading Chrome to version 149.0.7827.53 or later via the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html; in most enterprise environments this happens automatically via Chrome's built-in updater and can be enforced through Group Policy (Windows) or MDM profiles (macOS) by mandating a minimum browser version. For downstream Chromium-based browsers, monitor their respective release channels for updates that pull in the ANGLE fix. As a compensating control while patching is staged, consider disabling hardware-accelerated WebGL via the chrome://flags or the HardwareAccelerationModeEnabled enterprise policy to reduce ANGLE attack surface - note this degrades performance for 3D/canvas-heavy web apps and breaks WebGL-dependent sites. Site isolation (enabled by default in modern Chrome) and restricting browsing to trusted sites further limits exposure since renderer compromise is a prerequisite.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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SUSE
Severity: Important| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-34489
GHSA-mm6g-9f9f-2m6q