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CVE-2026-22166VulnerabilityPublished

A web page that contains unusual WebGPU content loaded into the GPU GLES render process and can trigger write UAF

Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-22166· High 8.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.1 High.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:45 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Imagination TechnologiesGraphics DDKAffected
  • =1.18 RTM
  • =23.2 RTM
  • ≥ 24.1 RTM, ≤ 24.2 RTM
  • ≥ 25.1 RTM, ≤ 25.3 RTM
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until a fix is released, users should exercise caution when visiting untrusted web pages that may contain unusual WebGPU content.

Description

CVE-2026-22166 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability triggered by unusual WebGPU content loaded into the GPU GLES render process. This flaw causes a write UAF crash in the GPU GLES user-space shared library. On platforms where the graphics workload process has system privileges, exploitation could lead to a system-level compromise.

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