CVE-2026-58522: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Relative path traversal in Microsoft Edge for Android allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-58522) involves a relative path traversal in Microsoft Edge for Android, which could enable an attacker without privileges or user interaction to access local information improperly. The issue is classified under CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal). The CVSS v3.1 vector indicates local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive local information on the device running Microsoft Edge for Android. The confidentiality impact is high, but integrity and availability impacts are low or none. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the update provided by Microsoft to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58522 for patch details and update instructions.
CVE-2026-58522: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Description
Relative path traversal in Microsoft Edge for Android allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.8medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-58522) involves a relative path traversal in Microsoft Edge for Android, which could enable an attacker without privileges or user interaction to access local information improperly. The issue is classified under CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal). The CVSS v3.1 vector indicates local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive local information on the device running Microsoft Edge for Android. The confidentiality impact is high, but integrity and availability impacts are low or none. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the update provided by Microsoft to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58522 for patch details and update instructions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-01T04:33:41.869Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58522","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a48210727e9c79719accdc7
Added to database: 07/03/2026, 20:52:23 UTC
Last enriched: 08/17/2026, 14:14:11 UTC
Last updated: 08/17/2026, 22:34:00 UTC
Views: 78
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