01 Record
CVE-2021-26423
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 3.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-10.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-12 18:11Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-10 15:09Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-29
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- e8562e722b5f5003706429b2094d844ac25d425a47eeb400b402d486c67af826
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- msrc.microsoft.com.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26423
- portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-26423
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- dotnet-runtime Fixed in 6.0.0.sdk100-1
- dotnet-sdk Fixed in 6.0.0.sdk100-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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