CVE-2026-58597: CWE-357: Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
CVE-2026-58597 is a medium severity vulnerability in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) involving insufficient user interface warnings for dangerous operations. This flaw could allow an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing attacks over a network by exploiting the lack of adequate UI warnings. An official fix is available from Microsoft to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-357, concerns insufficient UI warnings in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) that could enable an attacker to spoof content or operations over a network. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires no privileges and user interaction but can be executed remotely with low complexity. The impact is limited to low confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit the insufficient UI warning to perform spoofing attacks, potentially misleading users by presenting deceptive content or operations. The confidentiality impact is low, with no impact on integrity or availability. This could lead to user confusion or misdirection but does not directly compromise system integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58597 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-58597: CWE-357: Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Description
CVE-2026-58597 is a medium severity vulnerability in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) involving insufficient user interface warnings for dangerous operations. This flaw could allow an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing attacks over a network by exploiting the lack of adequate UI warnings. An official fix is available from Microsoft to address this issue.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-357, concerns insufficient UI warnings in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) that could enable an attacker to spoof content or operations over a network. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires no privileges and user interaction but can be executed remotely with low complexity. The impact is limited to low confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit the insufficient UI warning to perform spoofing attacks, potentially misleading users by presenting deceptive content or operations. The confidentiality impact is low, with no impact on integrity or availability. This could lead to user confusion or misdirection but does not directly compromise system integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58597 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-01T18:03:43.124Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58597","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a48210727e9c79719accdcd
Added to database: 07/03/2026, 20:52:23 UTC
Last enriched: 07/03/2026, 21:08:16 UTC
Last updated: 07/03/2026, 21:11:14 UTC
Views: 4
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