Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An unauthenticated attacker could host a specially crafted webpage and convince a user to visit it using an affected version of Microsoft Edge. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute code within the browser renderer process. User interaction is required.
What is the version information for this release?
152.0.4191.53: 152.0.4191.53, 08/28/2026: 08/28/2026, 152.0.7977.64/.65: 152.0.7977.64/.65
Security updates
152.0.4191.53 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security
152.0.4191.52 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-72984 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72984
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss