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CVE Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2026-42838

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Assigner-microsoft

Assigner Org ID-f38d906d-7342-40ea-92c1-6c4a2c6478c8

Published At-12 May, 2026 | 16:59

Updated At-19 May, 2026 | 23:30

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Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Improper neutralization of special elements in output used by a downstream component ('injection') in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Affected Products

Vendor

Microsoft Corporation

Product

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

Versions

Affected

From 1.0.0.0 before 148.0.3967.55 (custom)

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
CWE	CWE-74	CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Type: CWE

CWE ID: CWE-74

Description: CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Metrics

Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
3.1	5.4	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Version: 3.1

Base score: 5.4

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42838	vendor-advisory patch

Hyperlink: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42838

Resource:

vendor-advisory

patch

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