What is CVE-2026-9917?

CVE-2026-9917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-457. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-9917?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2026-9917

Uninitialized Use in WebGL in Google Chrome on Android prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Published 2026-05-28 · last modified 2026-07-21.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Google Android
Google Chrome — versions 148.0.7778.216

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-457

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304… (Release Notes)
issues.chromium.org/issues/500095304 (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-9917?: CVE-2026-9917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-457. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-9917?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.