CVE-2026-57975: CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') in Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability is a type confusion flaw in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) that permits unauthorized remote code execution. The CVSS v3.1 score is 7.5, indicating high severity with network attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requiring user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system running Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based).
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57975 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-57975: CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') in Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Description
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is a type confusion flaw in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) that permits unauthorized remote code execution. The CVSS v3.1 score is 7.5, indicating high severity with network attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requiring user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system running Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based).
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57975 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-26T17:45:44.853Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57975","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a48210127e9c79719accb44
Added to database: 07/03/2026, 20:52:17 UTC
Last enriched: 08/17/2026, 14:09:25 UTC
Last updated: 08/18/2026, 11:33:05 UTC
Views: 87
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