Bug 2523950 (CVE-2026-78978) - CVE-2026-78978 chromium-browser: angle: ANGLE: Arbitrary code execution in Google Chrome via crafted HTML page
Summary: CVE-2026-78978 chromium-browser: angle: ANGLE: Arbitrary code execution in Go...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-78978
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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urgent
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2540563 2524890 2524891 2540564
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-25 20:51 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-03 06:06 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:69098 0 None None None 2026-09-30 20:12:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:74084 0 None None None 2026-09-30 19:38:46 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-25 20:51:44 UTC 
Out of bounds read in ANGLE in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Comment 1 Jon Orris 2026-09-30 19:38:45 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:74084 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74084
Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-09-30 20:12:57 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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