Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2026· Updated Oct 27, 2026
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability
CVE-2026-88078
Description
According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to no loss of confidentiality (C:N) and integrity (I:N), but could lead to some loss of availability (A:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? An attacker using either a specially-crafted page or a content script injected into a target page can show an extension's popup over a permission prompt or screen share dialog allowing the extension to spoof parts of the prompt's UI that shows its origin.
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