Microsoft Edge will store all your passwords in clear text, but Microsoft says this is not a security issue

Microsoft Edge has been found to store all passwords in clear text when loaded into memory at startup, making passwords much easier to read and crack by malware or hackers. Cyber ​​Security Researcher @L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N He wrote about exploitation in X and says “Edge is the only Chromium-based browser I’ve tested that behaves like it.”

“When you save passwords in Edge, the browser decrypts each credential when it starts and stores them in process memory. This happens even if you never visit a site that uses those credentials,” claims the security researcher. “If an attacker gains administrative access to a terminal server, he can access the memory of all logged-in user processes.”