Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessHost malicious web content
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DeliveryLure victim to open page
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ExploitSupply input absent from denylist
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ExecutionBypass targeted security feature
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ImpactUndermine browser confidentiality and integrity
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation completeness
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to deliver content containing an input that Edge's incomplete denylist fails to reject, and requires the victim to interact with that content (UI:R in the vector) - for a browser this means the user must visit or open attacker-controlled web content rather than the attack landing with no victim action. The precise security feature being bypassed and the exact input that evades the filter are not described in the available sources. Limiting factors that reduce realistic risk below the raw 8.8: mandatory user interaction, the Unproven exploit maturity (E:U) with no KEV/POC in the input, and the availability of an official vendor fix (RL:O) that closes the gap once applied; no affected-version detail beyond 'Chromium-based Microsoft Edge' is provided. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 is driven by a favorable attacker profile - network vector (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), and no privileges required (PR:N) - but is tempered by required user interaction (UI:R), meaning a victim must take an action such as visiting attacker-controlled content for exploitation to succeed. Counterbalancing signals materially lower the real-world urgency: the temporal metrics in the supplied vector explicitly mark exploit maturity as Unproven (E:U), an official fix is available (RL:O), and the report is confirmed (RC:C). No CISA KEV listing, no EPSS score, and no POC reference are present in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week' rather than act_now or emergency, consistent with a serious-but-not-actively-exploited patch-soon posture. Net assessment: a genuinely high-severity, patch-this-week issue for a browser, but currently a proactive-patching priority rather than an active-incident emergency; the gap between the high base score and the Unproven exploit maturity is the key nuance. EPSS is missing and SSVC decision-point data (automatable, technical impact) was not supplied, so those dimensions cannot be weighed - treat the priority as the vendor/aggregator 'this_week' label indicates. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts malicious web content that supplies an input not covered by Edge's incomplete denylist, then lures a victim into visiting it (satisfying the UI:R requirement). When the page loads, the crafted input slips past the intended filtering and bypasses the targeted security feature. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the supplied CVSS temporal data marks exploit maturity as Unproven. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 29, 2026
Security feature bypass in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) lets unauthenticated remote attackers evade an incomplete input denylist and bypass a security feature when a victim opens attacker-controlled content. Microsoft rates the flaw CVSS 8.8 with network attack, low complexity, no privileges, and required user interaction; the precise security feature and evading input are not described in available sources. No public exploit was identified at the time of analysis, and a vendor patch is available per the MSRC update guide.
RemediationAI
Apply the Microsoft Edge update referenced in the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96196; patch data indicates a vendor fix is available, but the exact fixed version number is not supplied in the input, so confirm the applicable Edge build and channel in the advisory. Given the 'this_week' priority label, schedule the update within this week's patch cycle after verifying channel coverage as applicable to the deployment. The supplied evidence does not list a workaround for the incomplete denylist bypass, so updating Edge is the documented remediation path; no additional compensating control is described in the available sources.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) relies on a denylist-based input filter for a security feature, but CWE-184 (Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs) means the filter does not cover every dangerous input. An attacker who supplies content containing an unblocked input can cause Edge to fail to enforce that feature, producing a security feature bypass rather than memory corruption or code execution by itself. The CPE identifies cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_edge_(chromium-based):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* as affected, with no further version detail in the input; the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C) shows network reachability and no privileges, but exploitation requires the victim to interact with attacker-controlled content. The exact security feature being bypassed and the specific evading input are not described in the available sources, and exploit maturity is Unproven with no KEV or public PoC reported in the input.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-delivered web content (AV:N/AC:L) exploitable without credentials (PR:N) but needing the victim to open it (UI:R); scope unchanged and full browser-context impact per vendor rating.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
DescriptionCVE.org
Incomplete list of disallowed inputs in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Executive ViewAI
Microsoft Edge contains a high-severity security feature bypass (CVE-2026-96196) that remote attackers can trigger when a user opens malicious content, potentially undermining browser protections. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability affects all users of unpatched Edge browsers and poses a significant risk to the organization's data and operations. Leadership should prioritize timely patching to prevent potential exploitation and maintain user trust.
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Attack Technique
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