Deserialization of Untrusted Data in .NET and Visual Studio - CVE-2026-50649
Published: July 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138085
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-50649
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
.NET
Visual Studio
.NET
Visual Studio
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to deserialization of untrusted data in .NET when processing untrusted serialized data. A local attacker can supply crafted serialized input to execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-50649
Install security update from vendor's website.