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CVE-2026-87621

chromium-browser: angle: Google Chrome (ANGLE): Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability

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Severity

Critical

Red Hat Product Security

9.6

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 9, 2026

Updated · November 2, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in ANGLE, a component of Google Chrome. This out-of-bounds write vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code. By tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted HTML page, an attacker could bypass the browser's security sandbox and execute malicious code on the system.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this vulnerability as Critical because successful exploitation enables a remote, unauthenticated adversary to escape browser sandboxing and achieve arbitrary code execution on the host system. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the impacted WebKit rendering libraries are primarily utilized by graphical desktop applications and embedded web viewers rather than headless server services. Consequently, exposure is confined to systems where users actively process untrusted web content or render untrusted HTML within desktop environments.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 9.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write