CVE-2026-57978

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-26. the CNA's CVSS baseline 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:microsoft, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Origin validation error in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(medium)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 26, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 26, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57978

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-57978(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 116× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 222 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-15 03:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-14 15:48 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-14 15:48 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-14 15:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-13 16:26 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-13 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-12 17:55 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-12 17:55 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-12 17:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-11 19:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-11 19:24 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-11 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-10 20:50 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-10 20:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-09 21:06 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-09 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-08 21:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-08 17:14 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-08 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-07 22:30 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-07 22:30 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-07 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-06 23:59 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-06 23:59 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-06 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-05 21:03 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-05 21:03 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-05 21:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-04 22:32 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-04 22:32 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-04 22:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-04 12:37 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-04 12:37 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-04 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-02 18:41 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-02 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-01 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-01 23:05 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-01 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-31 15:39 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-08-31 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-30 22:30 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-30 22:30 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-30 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-29 23:59 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-29 23:59 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-29 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-28 21:09 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-28 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-27 21:03 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-27 21:03 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-27 21:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-26 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-26 19:48 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-26 19:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-25 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-25 19:39 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-25 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-24 21:08 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-24 21:08 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-24 21:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-24 11:26 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-24 11:26 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-08-24 11:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-23 12:54 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-23 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-23 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-08-22 14:23 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-22 14:23 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-22 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-08-21 15:41 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-21 15:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-08-20 17:07 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-20 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-20 15:32 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-08-20 15:32 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-08-20 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-08-19 16:57 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-57978?
CVE-2026-57978 is a medium vulnerability published on July 26, 2026. Origin validation error in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
When was CVE-2026-57978 disclosed?
CVE-2026-57978 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 26, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-57978 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-57978 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-57978?
CVE-2026-57978 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 5.4 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-57978?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-57978, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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