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Azril" ] }, { "names": [ "Barath Stalin K" ] }, { "names": [ "Hafiizh with https://www.linkedin.com/in/hafiizh-7aa6bb31/" ] }, { "names": [ "FARISSAL B" ] }, { "names": [ "Francesco Jeremy Topol with k4tedu" ] }, { "names": [ "Alfaz Hossain with POTDF" ] }, { "names": [ "xzyhellsing" ] } ], "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-2026-45488 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability - HTML", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45488" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-45488 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability - CSAF", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/csaf/advisories/2026/msrc_cve-2026-45488.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) Spoofing Vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-07-03T07:00:00.000Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-07-03T21:25:59.314Z", "engine": { "name": "MSRC Generator", "version": "1.0" } }, "id": "msrc_CVE-2026-45488", "initial_release_date": "2026-07-02T07:00:00.000Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-07-03T07:00:00.000Z", "legacy_version": "1", "number": "1", "summary": "Information published." } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "<150.0.4078.48", "product": { "name": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) <150.0.4078.48", "product_id": "1" } }, { "category": "product_version", "name": "150.0.4078.48", "product": { "name": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) 150.0.4078.48", "product_id": "11655" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-45488", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-451", "name": "User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information" }, "notes": [ { "category": "general", "text": "Microsoft", "title": "Assigning CNA" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "The attacker must correctly craft convincing spoofed UI chrome, time the full-screen entry, and rely on user perception. While the exploit triggers reliably after a gesture, successful deception depends on careful social engineering and realistic mimicking of browser UI.", "title": "According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "The user would need to click on a specially crafted URL that could present a popup box requesting additional user input.", "title": "According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "An attacker could host a specially crafted website designed to exploit the vulnerability through Microsoft Edge and then convince a user to view the website. However, in all cases an attacker would have no way to force a user to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince a user to take action, typically by an enticement in an email or instant message, or by getting the user to open an attachment sent through email.", "title": "How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability via the Network?" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "150.0.4078.48: 150.0.4078.48, 07/03/2026: 07/03/2026, 150.0.7871.47: 150.0.7871.47", "title": "What is the version information for this release?" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "11655" ], "known_affected": [ "1" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-45488 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability - HTML", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45488" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-45488 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability - CSAF", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/csaf/advisories/2026/msrc_cve-2026-45488.json" } ], "remediations": [ { "category": "vendor_fix", "date": "2026-07-03T07:00:00.000Z", "details": "150.0.4078.48: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": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 5.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "environmentalsScore": 0.0, "exploitCodeMaturity": "UNPROVEN", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "remediationLevel": "OFFICIAL_FIX", "reportConfidence": "CONFIRMED", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "temporalScore": 4.7, "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "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" }, "products": [ "1" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Spoofing" }, { "category": "exploit_status", "details": "Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No" } ], "title": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability" } ] }