{"id":"CVE-2026-79229","title":"chromium-browser: angle: Chromium: Information disclosure via uninitialized resource in ANGLE (CVE-2026-79229)","summary":"A flaw was found in ANGLE, a component within Chromium. This uninitialized resource vulnerability could allow a remote attacker, who has already compromised the renderer process, to read sensitive memory outside of the security sandbox. Th…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":"CWE-908","vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)","affected":["enterprise_linux 6","enterprise_linux 7","enterprise_linux_appstream_v_8","enterprise_linux_appstream_v_9"],"patched":["enterprise_linux_appstream_v_8","enterprise_linux_appstream_v_9"],"published":"2026-08-25","updated":"2026-10-04","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-04T18:51:47+00:00","source":"CSAF","sourceUrl":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-79229.json","references":[{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-79229.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79229"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524055"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79229"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79229"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html"},{"url":"https://issues.chromium.org/issues/516824665"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74084"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69098"}],"tags":["csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"epss":0.0039,"epssPercentile":0.32896,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-08-28T18:14:55.667808Z"},"scores":{"vendor":6.8,"adp":6.5},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-17T19:26:25.330Z","slug":"CVE-2026-79229","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in ANGLE, a component within Chromium. This uninitialized resource vulnerability could allow a remote attacker, who has already compromised the renderer process, to read sensitive memory outside of the security sandbox. This exploitation can occur by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted HTML page, leading to unauthorized information disclosure.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHSA-2026:74084** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · released 2026-09-30 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74084)\n- **RHSA-2026:69098** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · released 2026-09-21 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69098)\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · updated 2026-10-04 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-79229.json)\n\n**chromium-browser: angle: Chromium: Information disclosure via uninitialized resource in ANGLE** — rated Moderate by Red Hat. Released 2026-08-25, updated 2026-10-04.\n\nAffected:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n\nFixed:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)\n\nNo fix planned:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n\nNot affected:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9\n\n## Remediation\n\nFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:\n\nhttps://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74084\nFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:\n\nhttps://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69098","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":37,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":37.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":210671,"id":"CVE-2026-79229","ts":1790322163399,"field":"cvss","old":"6.5","new":"6.8"}]}