CVE-2026-42899 (GCVE-0-2026-42899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 16:59 – Updated: 2026-05-26 16:56
VLAI
Title
ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary
Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft .NET 10.0 Affected: 10.0.0 , < 10.0.8 (custom)
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Microsoft .NET 8.0 Affected: 8.0.0 , < 8.0.27 (custom)
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Microsoft .NET 9.0 Affected: 9.0.0 , < 9.0.16 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-05-12 14:00
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