CVE-2026-22165 GPU DDK - UAF read of GLES3Context::psDrawParams and GLES3Context::psMode and UAF read/write of RMJob::apsCCBs

What is CVE-2026-22165?

CVE-2026-22165 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK, published on 1 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A web page that contains unusual WebGPU content loaded into the GPU GLES render process and can trigger a 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 further exploits on the device.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22165?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imaginationtech Ddk.

How do I fix CVE-2026-22165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-22165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2026-22165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK

• CVE-2026-16280 GPU DDK - Integer overflow in _PMRLogicalOffsetToPhysicalOffset Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-13952 GPU DDK - libusc UAF via WebGPU shaders at MergeConsecutiveBarriersBP Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-21732 GPU DDK - libusc OOB write at ConvertSwitchToArrayLookupBP during WebGPU shader compilation Critical 9.6
• CVE-2025-25176 GPU DDK - GPU Register value contents leaked from secure workloads to non-secure world Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-58411 GPU DDK - Reservation::psMappedPMR can change while used by a freelist -> UAF High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jgfp-w594-wxgf.