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CVE-2026-85892 (GCVE-0-2026-85892)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 17:29 – Updated: 2026-09-15 22:35
VLAI
Title
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Affected: 1.0.0.0 , < 152.0.4191.66 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
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