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CVE-2026 Assigned for Chromium Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft Edge

First seen 8 Feb 2026, 01:14 UTC • Api.Msrc.Microsoft

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CVE-2026 was assigned to address a vulnerability in Chromium, which is utilized by Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). This vulnerability affects users of Microsoft Edge as it ingests the Chromium codebase. For further details, users are directed to the Google Chrome Releases page.

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Timeline

2026-02-06

CVE-2026 assigned by Chrome

Recent

Microsoft Edge updated to address the vulnerability

Attack Flow

23 entities, 52 inferred relationships (STIX 2.1).

Technique (5)

Malware
Privilege Escalation
Ransomware
Zero-day Exploit
T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Organization (1)

Cisco

Vulnerability (4)

CVE-2025-40551
CVE-2026-20817
CVE-2026-21962
CVE-2026-22778

Affected Platform (11)

Chromium
Cisco Unified Communications
Jpeg2000
Linux
Microsoft Edge
OpenCV
Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oracle HTTP Server
WebLogic
Windows
Windows Subsystem for Linux

Tool (2)

Ffmpeg
Google Chrome

Relationships

Ffmpeg exploits CVE-2025-40551
Ffmpeg exploits CVE-2026-20817
Ffmpeg exploits CVE-2026-21962
Ffmpeg exploits CVE-2026-22778
Google Chrome exploits CVE-2025-40551
Google Chrome exploits CVE-2026-20817
Google Chrome exploits CVE-2026-21962
Google Chrome exploits CVE-2026-22778
CVE-2025-40551 targets Chromium
CVE-2025-40551 targets Cisco Unified Communications
CVE-2025-40551 targets Jpeg2000
CVE-2025-40551 targets Linux
CVE-2026-20817 targets Chromium
CVE-2026-20817 targets Cisco Unified Communications
CVE-2026-20817 targets Jpeg2000
CVE-2026-20817 targets Linux
CVE-2026-21962 targets Chromium
CVE-2026-21962 targets Cisco Unified Communications
CVE-2026-21962 targets Jpeg2000
CVE-2026-21962 targets Linux
CVE-2026-22778 targets Chromium
CVE-2026-22778 targets Cisco Unified Communications
CVE-2026-22778 targets Jpeg2000
CVE-2026-22778 targets Linux
Malware targets Chromium
Malware targets Cisco Unified Communications
Malware targets Jpeg2000
Malware targets Linux
Privilege Escalation targets Chromium
Privilege Escalation targets Cisco Unified Communications
Privilege Escalation targets Jpeg2000
Privilege Escalation targets Linux
Ransomware targets Chromium
Ransomware targets Cisco Unified Communications
Ransomware targets Jpeg2000
Ransomware targets Linux
Zero-day Exploit targets Chromium
Zero-day Exploit targets Cisco Unified Communications
Zero-day Exploit targets Jpeg2000
Zero-day Exploit targets Linux
T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation targets Chromium
T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation targets Cisco Unified Communications
T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation targets Jpeg2000
T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation targets Linux
CVE-2025-40551 related to Cisco
CVE-2025-40551 related to Microsoft Edge
CVE-2025-40551 related to OpenCV
CVE-2025-40551 related to Oracle Fusion Middleware
CVE-2025-40551 related to Oracle HTTP Server
CVE-2025-40551 related to WebLogic
CVE-2025-40551 related to Windows
CVE-2025-40551 related to Windows Subsystem for Linux

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CVE-2026 Assigned for Chromium Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft Edge

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