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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
Network browser flaw needing a lured user (UI:R) under hard-to-control conditions (AC:H), no auth (PR:N), with a renderer-to-host sandbox escape (S:C) yielding code execution.
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CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
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Improper input validation in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
AnalysisAI
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) lets an unauthenticated attacker run code on a victim's machine when the user is lured into interacting with attacker-controlled web content. The flaw stems from improper input validation (CWE-20) and, per its CVSS scope-change metric, is consistent with a renderer/sandbox boundary escape. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but Microsoft has released a fix.
Technical ContextAI
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) is Microsoft's browser built on the open-source Chromium engine that also underpins Google Chrome, which is why the intelligence tags reference both Google and Microsoft - a defect in shared Chromium code frequently affects both browsers. The root cause is CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation): a component fails to correctly validate untrusted input (typically web page data, a URL, script, or a parsed resource) before acting on it. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_edge_(chromium-based):*:*:* confirms the affected product is the Chromium-based Edge application across unspecified versions. The CVSS scope-change flag (S:C) indicates the impact crosses the security authority that contains the vulnerable component, which for a browser is the classic pattern of code in the sandboxed renderer affecting the wider host.
RemediationAI
Update Microsoft Edge to the fixed build referenced in Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58292; a patch is available per vendor advisory, though an exact fixed version number is not provided in the input data and should be read directly from that MSRC page. In managed environments, ensure Edge automatic updates are enabled and force-restart the browser so the update installs, or push the update through your endpoint management tooling. As an interim compensating control, restrict users from browsing untrusted or attacker-controlled sites (the vulnerability requires user interaction), and where feasible steer high-risk browsing to an alternate updated browser until Edge is patched; note the trade-off that browser-steering and site-blocking add user friction and are not a substitute for the update. Because this affects Chromium, also verify that other Chromium-based browsers in the environment are patched.
Security-feature bypass in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) versions prior to 150.0.4078.48 lets a remote, unauthenticate
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) before 151.0.4129.59 allows a network attacker to run arbitrary
Remote code execution via buffer over-read in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) versions prior to 151.0.4129.59 affects au
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) prior to version 151.0.4129.59 is achievable by an unauthentica
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) stems from a use-after-free memory corruption flaw (CWE-416) th
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code by lur
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) stems from a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) that a networ
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) is enabled by a type confusion vulnerability (CWE-843) that can
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) before version 150.0.4078.48 allows an unauthenticated remote a
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) stems from a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption flaw th
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) lets an unauthenticated network attacker run arbitrary code by
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) before 150.0.4078.48 allows an unauthenticated attacker to run
Same weakness CWE-20 – Improper Input Validation
View allSame technique Authentication Bypass
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External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today
EUVD-2026-41588
GHSA-rp87-gqr5-74pm