---
title: "Microsoft Edge Bug Could Have Allowed Attackers to Silently Install Malicious Extensions"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-bug-could-have-allowed-attackers-to-silently-install-malicious-extensions-l4p5ydhze
source_url: https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/microsoft-edge-bug-could-have-allowed.html
type: article
source: "The Hacker News"
published: 2024-03-27T13:10:55.864Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z
tags: ["security", "vulnerability", "microsoft-edge"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 2
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Microsoft Edge Bug Could Have Allowed Attackers to Silently Install Malicious Extensions

**[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A security flaw in Microsoft Edge allowed attackers to install malicious extensions without user's knowledge by exploiting a private API. The flaw was patched in Edge stable version 121.0.2277.83 released on January 25, 2024.

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