Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2026 · Assigned by imaginationtech

CVE-2026-22166GPU DDK - Write UAF in KEGLGetPoolBuffers, WebGL reachable

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Graphics DDK from Imagination Technologies. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A web page that contains unusual WebGPU content loaded into the GPU GLES render process and can trigger write UAF crash in the GPU GLES user-space shared library. On certain platforms, when the process executing graphics workload has system privileges this could enable subsequent exploit on the system.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK 1.18 RTM23.2 RTM24.1 RTM – through 24.2 RTM25.1 RTM – through 25.3 RTM

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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