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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-delivered spoofing requiring active user click; no privileges needed; integrity-only impact with no confidentiality or availability effect.
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User interface (ui) misrepresentation of critical information in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
AnalysisAI
Spoofing via UI misrepresentation in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) versions prior to 148.0.3967.55 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to deceive users about critical browser information - such as origin indicators or security state - by delivering crafted web content over a network. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) confirms exploitation requires user interaction and yields only limited integrity impact, consistent with a classic browser spoofing class. No public exploit code has been identified and CISA has not listed this in KEV; SSVC confirms zero observed exploitation and non-automatable delivery.
Technical ContextAI
CWE-451 (User Interface Misrepresentation of Critical Information) describes flaws where a browser or UI framework fails to accurately render security-critical context - such as the origin domain in the address bar, SSL padlock state, or permission prompts - in a way that an attacker can manipulate to mislead users. The affected product is Microsoft Edge Chromium-based (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_edge_(chromium-based):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), which shares the Chromium rendering engine with Google Chrome. Because Edge inherits Chromium's compositing and navigation pipeline, misrepresentation bugs can arise at transitions between origins, during iframe rendering, or during full-screen state changes - common attack surfaces in this CWE class. The fix is confirmed in Edge 148.0.3967.55 per the EUVD advisory.
RemediationAI
Update Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) to version 148.0.3967.55 or later, which contains the vendor-released patch per the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40416. Edge typically auto-updates via its built-in update mechanism; administrators managing enterprise deployments should push the update via Microsoft Update, Windows Update for Business, or WSUS and verify the installed version through edge://settings/help. As a compensating control where immediate patching is not possible, organizations can enforce browser allowlists to restrict navigation to trusted domains via Edge's SmartScreen or enterprise URL filtering policies - this narrows the spoofing surface but does not eliminate it. User awareness training on verifying URL indicators independently of browser UI chrome provides additional, though imperfect, defense.
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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
Use-after-free in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) enables an authenticated network attacker to achieve remote code execu
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
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EUVD-2026-29673
GHSA-p38p-qw9v-vf6v