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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Network-delivered browser attack requires user click (UI:R); no credentials needed; bypass yields confidentiality loss only, no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorNVD
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2DescriptionNVD
Improper access control in Microsoft Edge for Android allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
AnalysisAI
Security feature bypass in Microsoft Edge for Android exposes high-confidentiality data to unauthenticated network attackers who can induce user interaction. The vulnerability stems from improper access control (CWE-284) in the Chromium-based mobile browser, allowing an attacker to circumvent a security boundary and access protected information without credentials. No active exploitation is confirmed (CISA KEV absent, temporal metric E:U), and a vendor patch is available via MSRC, making this a patch-priority item rather than an emergency response.
Technical ContextAI
The affected product is Microsoft Edge for Android in its Chromium-based variant, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_edge_(chromium-based):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, indicating all versions of the Chromium-based Edge are in scope. The root cause is CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), a class of flaw where security boundaries or permission checks are insufficiently enforced - in this context, a feature meant to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data or browser security zones fails to correctly validate the legitimacy of a request or context. The 'Google' tag in the metadata suggests the underlying Chromium rendering engine may be implicated, as Edge on Android shares the Blink/V8 stack with Chrome. The network attack vector and confidentiality-only impact (C:H/I:N/A:N) are consistent with a same-origin policy bypass, cross-origin data leakage, or authentication bypass within the browser security model.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor-released patch for Microsoft Edge for Android as documented in the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58523. Users on Android should update Edge via the Google Play Store to the latest available version; the exact patched version number is not enumerated in the available data and should be confirmed via the MSRC advisory. As a compensating control pending update, organizations managing mobile devices through an MDM/UEM solution can restrict or block Edge for Android access to sensitive internal resources until patching is confirmed. Disabling the specific security feature involved may reduce attack surface but could also impact usability; this trade-off should be evaluated against the MSRC guidance. No workaround replacing the patch has been identified from available data.
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-284 – Improper Access Control
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-41653
GHSA-49m2-v6xm-3fhr