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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2016-0161

Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0158.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 68.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 68.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0158.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
68.09% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-254
Affected
microsoft/edge
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%35%70%21 September 2026: 65.90%22 September 2026: 68.77%4 November 2026: 68.09%21 September 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 65.9% on 21 September 2026 to 68.1% on 4 November 2026, peaking at 68.8% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.