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The vulnerability CVE-2026-7962 is an insufficient policy enforcement flaw in the DirectSockets component of Chromium, though the article provides no details on the specific attack vector or method. The article confirms Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) is affected but has been updated to a patched version, though it does not specify the vulnerable or fixed version ranges for Chromium or Edge.