CVE-2026-26171 (GCVE-0-2026-26171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-14 16:58 – Updated: 2026-05-12 17:39
VLAI
Title
.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary
Uncontrolled resource consumption in .NET 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-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft .NET 10.0 Affected: 10.0.0 , < 10.0.6 (custom)
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Microsoft .NET 8.0 Affected: 8.0.0 , < 8.0.26 (custom)
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Microsoft .NET 9.0 Affected: 9.0.0 , < 9.0.15 (custom)
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Microsoft PowerShell 7.5 Affected: 7.5.0 , < 7.5.6 (custom)
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Microsoft PowerShell 7.6 Affected: 7.6.0 , < 7.6.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-14 14:00
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