Microsoft Edge up to 148.0.3967.55 Security Feature improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Edge. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Security Feature. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-45492. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Edge. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Security Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper input validation in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.

The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-45492 since 05/12/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/24/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 148.0.3967.70 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2026-30786) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1556). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Microsoft Edge

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• Web Browser

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Edge

Version

• 11.0.10240.16384
• 38.14393.0.0
• 38.14393.1066.0
• 98.0.1108.43
• 99.0.1150.30
• 102.0.1245.39
• 102.0.1245.41
• 103.0.1264.37
• 103.0.1264.44
• 104.0.1293.47
• 118.0.2088.88
• 118.0.2088.102
• 119.0.2151.44
• 119.0.2151.58
• 119.0.2151.72
• 120.0.2210.61
• 120.0.2210.77
• 120.0.2210.133
• 120.0.2210.160
• 121.0.2277.83
• 121.0.2277.98
• 122.0.2365.52
• 122.0.2365.63
• 122.0.2365.80
• 122.0.2365.92
• 122.0.2365.120
• 123.0.2420.53
• 123.0.2420.81
• 124.0.2478.51
• 124.0.2478.97
• 124.0.2478.109
• 126.0.2592.56
• 126.0.2592.68
• 126.0.2592.81
• 126.0.2592.102
• 127.0.2651.74
• 127.0.2651.98
• 127.0.2651.105
• 128.0.2739.42
• 129.0.2792.52
• 130.0.2849.46
• 131.0.2903.48
• 131.0.2903.63
• 131.0.2903.86
• 132.0.2957.115
• 132.0.2957.118
• 133.0.3065.51
• 133.0.3065.69
• 134.0.3124.51
• 134.0.3124.66
• 134.0.3124.93
• 135.0.3179.54
• 135.0.3179.98
• 136.0.3240.50
• 138.0.3351.65
• 140.0.3485.54
• 140.0.3485.71
• 140.0.3485.81
• 142.0.3595.53
• 143.0.3650.66
• 143.0.3650.88
• 143.0.3650.97
• 144.0.3719.82
• 145.0.3800.58
• 146.0.3856.59
• 146.0.3856.84
• 147.0.3912.60
• 148.0.3967.55

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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