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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-96960 json

.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

published 2026-10-13 26 d ago modified 2026-10-31 8 d ago also BIT-dotnet-2026-96960 , BIT-dotnet-sdk-2026-96960 , EUVD-2026-100281 , GHSA-7hqp-7c5m-4vq6

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Asymmetric resource consumption (amplification) in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Patch / fix

  • nuget System.Security.Cryptography.Xml 8.0.5, 9.0.21, 10.0.13, 11.0.0-rc.2
  • bitnami dotnet 8.0.5, 9.0.21, 10.0.13
  • bitnami dotnet-sdk 8.0.5, 9.0.21, 10.0.13
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 2.0.50727.8987 AND 3.0.30729.8982 AND 4.7.4150.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 2.0.50727.9073 AND 3.0.30729.9070 AND 4.7.4150.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 2.0.50727.9073 AND 3.0.30729.9070 AND 4.8.4811.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.9363.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 4.7.4150.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 4.8.4811.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1 4.8.9363.0
  • Microsoft System.Security.Cryptography.Xml 10.0.13
  • dotnet8 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 8.0.132-8.0.32-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
  • dotnet8 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 8.0.132-8.0.32-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
  • dotnet10 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 10.0.113-10.0.13-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
  • dotnet10 Ubuntu 26.10 10.0.113-10.0.13-0ubuntu1~26.10.1
  • dotnet10 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 10.0.113-10.0.13-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
  • dotnet11 Ubuntu 26.10 11.0.100-11.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu1~26.10.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-96960

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  • dotnet-sdk-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.132-2.el8_10
  • dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.32-2.el8_10
  • dotnet-runtime-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.32-2.el8_10
  • dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.132-2.el8_10
  • dotnet-templates-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.132-2.el8_10
  • aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.32-2.el8_10
  • dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.32-2.el8_10
  • dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.32-2.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:86594ALSA-2026:86168ALSA-2026:86169ALSA-2026:86170ALSA-2026:86171ALSA-2026:86172

  • dotnet8-runtime Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 8.0.32-r0
  • dotnet9-runtime Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 9.0.21-r0
  • dotnet10-runtime Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 10.0.13-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-96960

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-96960 updated cvss 7.5

dotnet: .NET: Denial of Service via asymmetric resource consumption

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.132-1.el9_6, dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts 9.0.122-1.el9_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:88422
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) dotnet 10.0.113-1.el8_10, dotnet8.0 8.0.132-2.el8_10, dotnet9.0 9.0.122-1.el8_10, dotnet10.0 10.0.113-1.el8_10, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.132-2.el8_10, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.122-1.el8_10, +34 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:86192
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) dotnet8.0 8.0.132-1.el9_8, dotnet9.0 9.0.122-1.el9_8, dotnet-host 10.0.13-1.el9_8, dotnet10.0 10.0.113-1.el9_8, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.132-1.el9_8, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.122-1.el9_8, +34 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:86193
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) dotnet8.0 8.0.132-1.el10_2, dotnet9.0 9.0.122-1.el10_2, dotnet-host 10.0.13-1.el10_2, dotnet10.0 10.0.113-1.el10_2, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.132-1.el10_2, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.122-1.el10_2, +34 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:86195
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) dotnet8.0 8.0.132-1.el9_4, dotnet-host 8.0.32-1.el9_4, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.132-1.el9_4, dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.32-1.el9_4, dotnet-runtime-8.0 8.0.32-1.el9_4, dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0 8.0.132-1.el9_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:88425
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) dotnet8.0 8.0.132-1.el10_0, dotnet9.0 9.0.122-1.el10_0, dotnet-host 9.0.21-1.el10_0, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.132-1.el10_0, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.122-1.el10_0, dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.32-1.el10_0, +21 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:88474
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) dotnet8.0 8.0.132-1.el9_6, dotnet9.0 9.0.122-1.el9_6, dotnet-host 9.0.21-1.el9_6, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.132-1.el9_6, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.122-1.el9_6, dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.32-1.el9_6, +21 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:88422
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.132-1.el9_8, dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts 9.0.122-1.el9_8, dotnet-sdk-10.0-source-built-artifacts 10.0.113-1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:86193
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.132-1.el10_2, dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts 9.0.122-1.el10_2, dotnet-sdk-10.0-source-built-artifacts 10.0.113-1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:86195
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.132-1.el10_0, dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts 9.0.122-1.el10_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:88474
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.132-2.el8_10, dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts 9.0.122-1.el8_10, dotnet-sdk-10.0-source-built-artifacts 10.0.113-1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:86192
  • Red Hat Hardened Images dotnet8.0 8.0.132-0.1.hum1
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
26 d ago

Exploit prediction

1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 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
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
nuget System.Security.Cryptography.Xml
>=10.0.0, <10.0.13
>=11.0.0-preview.1, <11.0.0-rc.2
>=8.0.0, <8.0.5
>=9.0.0, <9.0.21
10.0.13
11.0.0-rc.2
8.0.5
9.0.21
bitnami dotnet
>=8.0.0, <8.0.5
>=9.0.0, <9.0.21
>=10.0.0, <10.0.13
8.0.5
9.0.21
10.0.13
bitnami dotnet-sdk
>=8.0.0, <8.0.5
>=9.0.0, <9.0.21
>=10.0.0, <10.0.13
8.0.5
9.0.21
10.0.13

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1
  • Microsoft System.Security.Cryptography.Xml

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-405 Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.