{ "document": { "acknowledgments": [ { "names": [ "Nan Wang(@eternalsakura13) and Ziling Chen" ] } ], "aggregate_severity": { "namespace": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/security-update-severity-rating-system", "text": "Important" }, "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-2026-96199 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96199" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-96199 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CSAF", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/csaf/advisories/2026/msrc_cve-2026-96199.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) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-10-26T07:00:00.000Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-11-03T01:25:21.371Z", "engine": { "name": "MSRC Generator", "version": "1.0" } }, "id": "msrc_CVE-2026-96199", "initial_release_date": "2026-10-16T07:00:00.000Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-10-16T07:00:00.000Z", "legacy_version": "1", "number": "1", "summary": "Information published." }, { "date": "2026-10-26T07:00:00.000Z", "legacy_version": "2", "number": "2", "summary": "Added Edge software to the Security Updates table. Customers that are running supported version of Edge are encouraged to update to the indicated version to be protected from this vulnerability." } ], "status": "final", "version": "2" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "<154.0.4258.37", "product": { "name": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) <154.0.4258.37", "product_id": "1" } }, { "category": "product_version", "name": "154.0.4258.37", "product": { "name": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) 154.0.4258.37", "product_id": "21955" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Microsoft" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-96199", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-122", "name": "Heap-based Buffer Overflow" }, "notes": [ { "category": "general", "text": "Microsoft", "title": "Assigning CNA" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "This attack requires a user to open a specially crafted file from the attacker to initiate remote code execution.", "title": "According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?" }, { "category": "faq", "text": "Yes. Customers should apply all updates offered for the software installed on their systems. If multiple updates apply, they can be installed in any order.", "title": "There are multiple update packages available for some of the affected software. Do I need to install all the updates listed in the Security Updates table for the software?" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "21955" ], "known_affected": [ "1" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-96199 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96199" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "CVE-2026-96199 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CSAF", "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/csaf/advisories/2026/msrc_cve-2026-96199.json" } ], "remediations": [ { "category": "vendor_fix", "date": "2026-10-16T07:00:00.000Z", "details": "154.0.4258.37:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security", "product_ids": [ "1" ], "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security" } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "exploitCodeMaturity": "UNPROVEN", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "remediationLevel": "OFFICIAL_FIX", "reportConfidence": "CONFIRMED", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "temporalScore": 7.7, "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "1" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Remote Code Execution" }, { "category": "exploit_status", "details": "Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitation Less Likely" } ], "title": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability" } ] }