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Microsoft Security Response CenterCVE-2026-70162

.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

HighVendor CVSS 5.9 / 10 1 CVE Published Oct 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET web application.

A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the .NET application.

The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the .NET web application handles web requests.

Products covered

  • System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs on .NET 10.0 installed on Windows

  • System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs on .NET 11.0 installed on Windows

  • System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs on .NET 8.0 installed on Windows

  • System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs on .NET 9.0 installed on Windows

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.10

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14

Remediation

Release Notes

Vendor-listed fixes

  • 10.0.13

  • 11.0.0-rc.2

  • 8.0.2

  • 9.0.21

  • 18.10.4

  • 17.14.42

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