CVE-2026-126898
Description
An uninitialized resource flaw was found in the Skia component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=574216555 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=126898
Statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Google Chrome Security Advisory.
Mitigation
Avoid visiting untrusted websites or processing untrusted HTML content within chromium-browser. Ensure that the browser runs with its default operating system sandboxing mechanisms enabled, and do not execute the browser in unconfined or privileged modes that disable process isolation.
Caveats: Operational controls that rely on user discretion do not eliminate the underlying vulnerability and cannot guarantee protection if untrusted web pages are loaded.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Memory; Read Application Data
When reusing a resource such as memory or a program variable, the original contents may not have been cleared before it is sent to an untrusted party.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Instability
The uninitialized resource may contain values that cause program flow to change in ways that the programmer did not intend, possibly leading to a crash.
Other
Technical Impact: Unexpected State; Varies by Context
The consequences vary depending on the type of resource and how it is used within the product.
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