Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in Microsoft products - CVE-2026-96237

 

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in Microsoft products - CVE-2026-96237

Published: October 14, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU155437
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-96237
CWE-ID: CWE-829
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to inclusion of functionality from an untrusted control sphere in .NET when incorporating functionality from an untrusted source. A remote attacker can exploit this untrusted functionality over a network to execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation requires additional actions to prepare the target environment and user interaction.


Affected software

.NET
Visual Studio
.NET for Linux
.NET for macOS
Microsoft .NET Framework

How to mitigate CVE-2026-96237

Install security update from vendor's website.

.NET - addressed in versions 8.0.132, 9.0.319
Visual Studio - update to 17.14.42
.NET for Linux - addressed in versions 8.0.132, 9.0.319
.NET for macOS - addressed in versions 8.0.132, 9.0.319
Microsoft .NET Framework - update to 10.0.113

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