CVE-2026-48561
CriticalCVSS 9.6Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs
Summary
Command injection vulnerability in Copilot Chat within Microsoft Edge. An unauthorized attacker can remotely execute code on the victim's device.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could take control of the user's system, installing malware or stealing data.
Recommendation
Update Microsoft Edge to the latest version that includes a fix for this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge
See all- CVE-2026-85893High
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). An unauthorized attacker can exploit this to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVE-2026-69486High
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). An unauthorized attacker can exploit this to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2017-11861High
A vulnerability in the Microsoft Edge scripting engine in Windows 10 and Windows Server allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user due to improper handling of objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-11845High
A vulnerability in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to improper handling of objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-11800High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-11798High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, known as 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'.
- CVE-2017-8757High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way Microsoft Edge handles objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-8756High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way Microsoft Edge accesses objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-8755High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 (1511, 1607, 1703) and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory, known as 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'.
- CVE-2017-8752High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 (1511, 1607, 1703) and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way the Microsoft Edge scripting engine handles objects in memory.
Original NVD description (English source)
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Copilot Chat (Microsoft Edge) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.