Process-memory disclosure via incorrect Vulkan dependency test
Published May 28, 2026 · Updated May 28, 2026
Information disclosure in Skia in Google Chrome before 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to read process memory via crafted HTML. Skia's Vulkan render-pass code tests a self-dependency flag with equality instead of a bitwise mask, misapplying layouts and bindings when both flags are set. A user must load attacker-controlled HTML; the documented impact is memory disclosure without integrity or availability loss.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Skia in Google Chrome before 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to read process memory via crafted HTML. Skia's Vulkan render-pass code tests a self-dependency flag with equality instead of a bitwise mask, misapplying layouts and bindings when both flags are set. A user must load attacker-controlled HTML; the documented impact is memory disclosure without integrity or availability loss.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-9981
- Published
- May 28, 2026
- Updated
- May 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 28, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=148.0.7778.216 <148.0.7778.216
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