CVE-2022-21970

highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.025 · 85 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

2.54% (85th) EPSS

CVSS 8.3 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · msrc_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedMicrosoft Edge (Chromium-based)msrc_csaf
97.0.1072.55:Security Update:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–8.3

v2.08.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 8.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 1.3 · impact 4.7

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USprimaryCWE-269US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Malwareman007/CVE-2022-21970POC OF CVE-2022-21970PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)1.0.0 → 97.0.1072.55enisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Google Chrome≤ 97.0.4692.71fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Edge≤ 97.0.1072.55fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)all versionsfixedmsrc_csafUS
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)< 97.0.1072.55msrc_csafUS
microsoft edge chromium< 97.0.1072.55nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

msrc_CVE-2022-21970Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2022-01-11csaf · msrc_csafUS
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu msrc_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-01-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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