CVE-2021-26436

MediumCVSS 6.1

Published: 02/09/2021(UTC)Updated: 10/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 10/08/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

2.31%

82th percentile - higher than 82% of all known CVEs

Summary

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). An attacker could exploit this flaw to gain elevated privileges on the system.

Risk Assessment

Risk of system compromise or privilege escalation in the user environment.

Recommendation

Update Microsoft Edge to the latest version that includes the security fix.

Original NVD description (English source)

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability