{ "document": { "acknowledgments": [ { "names": [ "xzyhellsing (Saidina Hikam)" ] } ], "aggregate_severity": { "namespace": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/security-update-severity-rating-system", "text": "Moderate" }, "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "Public", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en-US", "notes": [ { "category": "general", "text": "To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle", "title": "Additional Resources" }, { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided \\\"as is\\\" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.", "title": "Disclaimer" }, { "category": "general", "text": "Required. The vulnerability documented by this CVE requires customer action to resolve.", "title": "Customer Action" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "secure@microsoft.com", "name": "Microsoft Security Response Center", "namespace": "https://msrc.microsoft.com" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-42891 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android Spoofing Vulnerability - HTML", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42891" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-42891 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android Spoofing Vulnerability - CSAF", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/csaf/advisories/2026/msrc_cve-2026-42891.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Microsoft Exploitability Index", "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Microsoft Support Lifecycle", "url": "https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Common Vulnerability Scoring System", "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss" } ], "title": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android Spoofing Vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-05-11T07:00:00.000Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-05-13T17:58:07.423Z", "engine": { "name": "MSRC Generator", "version": "1.0" } }, "id": "msrc_CVE-2026-42891", "initial_release_date": "2026-05-12T07:00:00.000Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-05-11T07:00:00.000Z", "legacy_version": "1", "number": "1", "summary": "Information published." } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "<148.0.3967.55", "product": { "name": "Microsoft Edge for Android <148.0.3967.55", "product_id": "1" } }, { "category": "product_version", "name": "148.0.3967.55", "product": { "name": "Microsoft Edge for Android 148.0.3967.55", "product_id": "11815" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Microsoft Edge for Android" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-42891", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-451", "name": "User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information" }, "notes": [ { "category": "general", "text": "Microsoft", "title": "Assigning CNA" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to prepare the target environment to improve exploit reliability.", "title": "According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could view sensitive information, (Confidentiality), and make some changes to disclosed information (Integrity), but they would not be able to affect Availability.", "title": "According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to major loss of confidentiality (C:H), and some loss of integrity (I:L), but no loss of availability (A:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "Per our severity guidelines, the amount of user interaction or preconditions required to allow this sort of exploitation downgraded the severity, specifically it says, "If a bug requires more than a click, a key press, or several preconditions, the severity will be downgraded". The CVSS scoring system doesn't allow for this type of nuance.", "title": "Why is the severity for this CVE rated as Moderate, but the CVSS score is higher than normal?" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "148.0.3967.55: 148.0.3967.55, 05/11/2026: 05/11/2026, 148.0.7778.97: 148.0.7778.97", "title": "What is the version information for this release?" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "11815" ], "known_affected": [ "1" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-42891 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android Spoofing Vulnerability - HTML", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42891" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-42891 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android Spoofing Vulnerability - CSAF", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/csaf/advisories/2026/msrc_cve-2026-42891.json" } ], "remediations": [ { "category": "vendor_fix", "date": "2026-05-11T07:00:00.000Z", "details": "148.0.3967.55:Security Update:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security", "product_ids": [ "1" ], "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security" } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "environmentalsScore": 0.0, "exploitCodeMaturity": "UNPROVEN", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "remediationLevel": "OFFICIAL_FIX", "reportConfidence": "CONFIRMED", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "temporalScore": 5.7, "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "1" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Spoofing" }, { "category": "exploit_status", "details": "Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitation Unlikely" } ], "title": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android Spoofing Vulnerability" } ] }