CVE•Published 2026-08-14•Modified 2026-08-17•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72970
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.3
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS percentile
41
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 59% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-14
Modified 2026-08-17
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-72970Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-72970Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-72970Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-72970GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-72970" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-72970 on GitHub.