Edge 95.0.1020.40

Edge[German]Microsofthas released a security advisory for the Edge browser as of October 29, 2021, updating the browser to version 95.0.1020.40. The update also closed vulnerabilities reported to the Chromium team.

This update includes a fix for CVE-2021-38000 and CVE-2021-38003, which the Chromium team says is already being exploited. There is no new information in the release notes, but a link to the update page where the following CVEs are listed as closed. Microsoft emailed me the following security information last night. 

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Title: Microsoft Security Update Releases
Issued: October 29, 2021
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Summary
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he following CVEs were assigned by Chrome. Microsoft Edge
(Chromium-based) ingests Chromium, which addresses these vulnerabilities. Please see
Google Chrome Releases for more information.

See msrc-blog.microsoft.com for more information about third-party CVEs in the Security Update Guide.

* CVE-2021-37997
* CVE-2021-37998
* CVE-2021-37999
* CVE-2021-38000
* CVE-2021-38001
* CVE-2021-38002
* CVE-2021-38003

Revision Information:
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– Version 1.0
– Reason for Revision: Information published.
– Originally posted: October 29, 2021

The browser should update automatically, but can also be downloaded here.

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