CVE-2018-8530 Security feature bypass in Microsoft Edge

What is CVE-2018-8530?

CVE-2018-8530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, published on 10 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly handles requests of different origins, aka "Microsoft Edge Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8512.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8530?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Edge.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8530?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8530 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-8530 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8530 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge

• CVE-2021-26411 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7200 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7201 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0037 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2016-3351 Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge Information Disclosure Exploited Medium 6.5

All Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7f9f-g56v-548g.