Sandbox escape via premature WebGL query deletion
Published May 28, 2026 · Updated May 28, 2026
Use after free in WebGL in Google Chrome for Android before 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to escape its sandbox via crafted HTML. A crafted WebGL sequence begins an occlusion query, creates a fence, ends the query, and then deletes the query objects while GPU work still retains them. A victim must load attacker-controlled HTML on an affected Android device; the published demonstration reaches code execution in Chrome's privileged GPU process, but no device-level escape is documented.
Summary
What happened
Use after free in WebGL in Google Chrome for Android before 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to escape its sandbox via crafted HTML. A crafted WebGL sequence begins an occlusion query, creates a fence, ends the query, and then deletes the query objects while GPU work still retains them. A victim must load attacker-controlled HTML on an affected Android device; the published demonstration reaches code execution in Chrome's privileged GPU process, but no device-level escape is documented.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-9876
- Published
- May 28, 2026
- Updated
- May 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 28, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=148.0.7778.216 <148.0.7778.216
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Public exploit references
- Chromium WebGL query deletion proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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