The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 144.0.3719.82. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the January 16, 2026 advisory.

  - Use after free in ANGLE. (CVE-2026-0908)

  - Microsoft Edge Elevation Service exposes a privileged COM interface that inadequately validates the     privileges of the calling process. A standard (nonadministrator) local user can invoke the IElevatorEdge     interface method LaunchUpdateCmdElevatedAndWait, causing the service to execute privileged update commands     as LocalSystem. This allows a nonadministrator to enable or disable Windows VirtualizationBased Security     (VBS) by modifying protected system registry keys under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard.
    Disabling VBS weakens critical platform protections such as Credential Guard, Hypervisorprotected Code     Integrity (HVCI), and the Secure Kernel, resulting in a security feature bypass. (CVE-2026-21223)

  - Out of bounds memory access in V8. (CVE-2026-0899)

  - Inappropriate implementation in V8. (CVE-2026-0900, CVE-2026-0902)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Blink. (CVE-2026-0901)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 144.0.3719.82 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 290257

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Feb 6, 2026, 8:56 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 9.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2026-21223" to "CVE-2026-0907") CVSSv3 severity (based on CVE-2026-0907, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202602060856
Version 1.2 Jan 26, 2026, 9:17 PM New Plugin Feed: 202601262117
Version 1.1 Jan 17, 2026, 7:48 AM New Plugin Feed: 202601170748