Microsoft Edge up to 149.0.4022.68 null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Edge. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-58596. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Edge. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-58596 since 07/01/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/12/2026).

Upgrading to version 150.0.4078.48 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-43239). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Edge

Version

• 3.3.2604.3097
• 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
• 148.0.3967.70
• 149.0.4022.68

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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