Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Microsoft products - CVE-2026-50525

 

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Microsoft products - CVE-2026-50525

Published: July 17, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU138078
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-50525
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
.NET
.NET for Linux
.NET for macOS
Visual Studio

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in .NET when handling network requests. A remote attacker can send network requests to cause a denial of service.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-50525

Install security update from vendor's website.

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