---
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'
---

## Overview

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. This exploitation can occur by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted HTML page, leading to unauthorized information disclosure.

## Vendor advisories

- **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)
- **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)
- **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)

**chromium-browser: angle: Chromium: Information disclosure via uninitialized resource in ANGLE** — rated Moderate by Red Hat. Released 2026-08-25, updated 2026-10-04.

Affected:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Fixed:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)

No fix planned:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Not affected:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

## Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74084
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69098