India’s cybersecurity watchdog flags Microsoft’s Edge, Google’s Chrome, CERT-In discovers severe security vulnerabilities

India’s cybersecurity watchdog on Wednesday issued advisory notes flagging medium-to-high security vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s desktop browser, Edge, and Google’s Chrome OS.

This advisory comes on the heels of another warning by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which had discovered severe security vulnerabilities in Google’s Chrome web browser and urged users to update the software.

It’s important to note here that both Edge and Chrome OS are based on Chromium, Google’s open-source web browser and operating system (OS) software. A few days ago, CERT-In had flagged over 20 vulnerabilities on Google’s Chrome web browser and warned that these could affect others running on Chromium, such as Edge and Brave.

CERT-In — the cybersecurity watchdog that comes under the Union Ministry of Electronics and Technology — says Microsoft Edge, which runs on desktop platforms such as Windows, macOS and Linux, as well as mobile platforms such as iOS and Android, has 25 security vulnerabilities, which if exploited by a malicious actor, could allow them “to gain elevated privileges on the targeted system”. Simply put, a hacker could gain access to sensitive areas of your laptop without your knowledge. CNBCTV18