CVE-2026-70162
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Denial of Service in Microsoft .NET Web Application
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-70162, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-13
Last updated on: 2026-10-13
Assigner: Microsoft Corporation
Description
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET web application.
A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the .NET application.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the .NET web application handles web requests.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.14.0 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Visual Studio 2026 version 18.10 18.10.0 |
| Microsoft | System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs | 10.0.0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-405 | The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is "asymmetric." |
