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Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Information Disclosure Vulnerability

IdentifiersCVE-2025-49741CWE-268· Privilege Chaining

CVE-2025-49741 is an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). Microsoft describes the issue at a high level as allowing an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network. Available authoritative details indicate network attackability, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and required user interaction. The affected product is Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft provided an official fix in Edge version 135.0.3179.98, released on 2025-04-25. Additional third-party claims in the supplied content about specific middleware header handling and x-middleware-subrequest validation are inconsistent with the Microsoft advisory context and are not sufficiently reliable to attribute as the vulnerable mechanism.

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Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

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Successful exploitation results in unauthorized disclosure of information from the affected Edge security context. Microsoft’s CVSS data indicates high confidentiality impact, with no integrity or availability impact. The scope is changed, suggesting the disclosure may cross a security boundary or expose data beyond the initially compromised component’s normal authorization context.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by limiting user interaction with untrusted web content and enforcing browser update compliance as quickly as possible. Because exploitation requires user interaction and occurs over the network, interim risk reduction can include restricting access to untrusted sites, applying web filtering, and using enterprise controls that minimize exposure to malicious or attacker-controlled content. No vendor-specific workaround beyond applying the official fix is provided in the supplied content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) to version 135.0.3179.98 or later. Microsoft identifies this release, based on Chromium 135.0.7049.114/.115, as the official fix for CVE-2025-49741. Standard remediation is to deploy the vendor-provided Edge security update across affected endpoints through enterprise software distribution, browser auto-update, or other managed patching workflows.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

No valid public exploits. Mallory filtered out 1 candidate as fakes, detection scripts, or README-only repos.

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Microsoft CorporationEdge Chromiumapplication

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