High severity · published May 1, 2026
CVE-2026-22166
GPU DDK - Write UAF in KEGLGetPoolBuffers, WebGL reachable
8.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GD
Graphics DDK · Imagination Technologies
1.18 RTM; 23.2 RTM; 24.1 RTM through 24.2 RTM; 25.1 RTM through 25.3 RTM · source: vendor
DD
Ddk · Imaginationtech
through 25.2; 25.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22166
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22166
Vendor Advisory
https://www.imaginationtech.com/gpu-driver-vulnerabilities/
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