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 renders malicious ANGLE/WebGL content
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ExploitTrigger use-after-free in ANGLE
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ExecutionGroom heap and hijack control flow
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PersistEscape renderer sandbox
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code on 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 the victim to open attacker-controlled HTML in a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 152.0.7977.65) that reaches the ANGLE graphics path - in practice a page rendering WebGL/graphics content that triggers the freed-object reuse. The gating limiting factors are: user interaction is mandatory (UI:R - the victim must navigate to or load the malicious page; this is not a zero-click network exploit), and the target must be an unpatched Chrome version. No authentication or prior privileges are needed (PR:N). Exploitation is not automatable per CISA SSVC (Automatable: no) and no public exploit exists, so realistic risk is driven by social-engineering delivery to unpatched clients rather than mass scanning. |
| Impact | The signals are mixed but lean toward high real-world priority. 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 attack whose only gate is user interaction (visiting a page), with a scope change reflecting escape from the sandbox to full host code execution. Counterbalancing this, EPSS is low (0.41%, 34th percentile) and CISA's SSVC records Exploitation: none and Automatable: no, though Technical Impact is total. There is no KEV listing and no evidence of a public POC. Net: a genuine high-severity RCE that warrants prompt patching, but current data indicates no active or automated exploitation - urgency derives from impact potential plus Chrome's ubiquity, not confirmed in-the-wild use. The description's phrase 'outside the sandbox' is consistent with the S:C scope change. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a malicious web page containing crafted WebGL/graphics content and lures a victim to it via a phishing link, malicious ad, or compromised site. Rendering the page triggers the use-after-free in ANGLE, and through heap grooming the attacker escapes the browser sandbox to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. Exploitation requires user interaction (opening the page) but no authentication; no public POC is identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026
Remote code execution in Google Chrome's ANGLE graphics component (versions prior to 152.0.7977.65) lets a remote attacker escape the renderer sandbox and run arbitrary code on the host after a victim opens a crafted HTML page. The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free rated CVSS 9.6 with scope change, reflecting the sandbox escape. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, it is not in CISA KEV, and EPSS is low at 0.41%, but the sandbox-escaping RCE impact makes it a high-priority browser patch.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 152.0.7977.65 or later via the Chrome Stable channel; on most installations this arrives through automatic updates, so ensure auto-update is enabled and restart the browser (Help > About Google Chrome forces the check and relaunch). Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi) should be updated once their vendors ship the corresponding ANGLE fix. If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure to untrusted web content - for example, in managed fleets consider disabling hardware acceleration/WebGL (chrome://settings or the HardwareAccelerationModeEnabled policy) to limit reachability of the ANGLE code path, accepting the trade-off of degraded graphics performance and broken WebGL sites. Reference the advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
ANGLE (Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine) is Chrome's graphics abstraction layer that translates WebGL/OpenGL ES calls into the host's native GPU API (Direct3D, Metal, Vulkan, OpenGL). It runs substantially in the more-privileged GPU process rather than the tightly confined renderer, so memory corruption here is especially valuable to attackers. The root cause is CWE-416 (use-after-free): a memory object is freed while a dangling pointer to it remains, and a later dereference of that reused memory lets an attacker who controls the reallocation corrupt program state and hijack control flow. The single affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*, i.e. the desktop Chrome browser across platforms.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-delivered via a web page (AV:N, AC:L, PR:N) but requires the victim to open it (UI:R); sandbox escape yields host code execution, so S:C with C/I/A:H.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
A critical vulnerability in Google Chrome can give attackers complete control of employee devices when users visit a malicious website. All organization staff using Chrome are exposed to potential data theft, ransomware, and system compromise. Deploying the available patch to Chrome 152.0.7977.65 or later is essential to restore security controls within the next week.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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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.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
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| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
EUVD-2026-65810
GHSA-rmcm-3rfp-jpxg
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