CVE-2023-21795
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21795- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25962
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-25962- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gmq2-8cvc-6vr5
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from...
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2023-21796.
- Record
GHSA-gmq2-8cvc-6vr5- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21795- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21795 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.3) in Microsoft Edge (chromium-based), published January 23, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.93%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.