CVE-2026-57988: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Relative path traversal in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CWE-23) involves relative path traversal in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), enabling an attacker without privileges to execute code remotely. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, low availability impact, and official remediation is available. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute code remotely on affected systems running the vulnerable version of Microsoft Edge. This can lead to integrity and availability impacts as indicated by the CVSS vector. There is no confidentiality impact reported.
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-2026-57988 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-57988: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Description
Relative path traversal in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.1high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CWE-23) involves relative path traversal in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), enabling an attacker without privileges to execute code remotely. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, low availability impact, and official remediation is available. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute code remotely on affected systems running the vulnerable version of Microsoft Edge. This can lead to integrity and availability impacts as indicated by the CVSS vector. There is no confidentiality impact reported.
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-2026-57988 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-26T17:45:44.854Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57988","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a48210127e9c79719accb5c
Added to database: 07/03/2026, 20:52:17 UTC
Last enriched: 07/03/2026, 21:05:13 UTC
Last updated: 07/03/2026, 22:52:00 UTC
Views: 5
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