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CVE-2023-36741

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-36741 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on a vulnerable system, requiring user interaction and high attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 116.0.1938.62CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)Fixed in: 116.0.1938.62

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-36741Important

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Aug 8, 2023

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/202402-05
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36741
PatchVendor Advisory