Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in Microsoft products - CVE-2026-62902

 

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in Microsoft products - CVE-2026-62902

Published: August 12, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU141793
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-62902
CWE-ID: CWE-829
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information over a network.

The vulnerability exists due to inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere in .NET when processing untrusted functionality. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerable behavior to disclose sensitive information over a network.

User interaction is required to exploit the issue, and successful exploitation could disclose NTLM hashes.


Affected software

.NET
Visual Studio
.NET for Linux
.NET for macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2026-62902

Install security update from vendor's website.

.NET - addressed in versions 8.0.30, 9.0.19
Visual Studio - update to 17.14.38
.NET for Linux - addressed in versions 8.0.30, 9.0.19
.NET for macOS - addressed in versions 8.0.30, 9.0.19

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