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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2023-36796 json

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2023-09-12 3 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-dotnet-2023-36796 , BIT-dotnet-sdk-2023-36796 , EUVD-2023-2519 , GHSA-h7jm-g87p-5935

cvss
7.8
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 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Patch / fix

  • nuget Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64 6.0.22, 7.0.11
  • nuget Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 6.0.22, 7.0.11
  • nuget Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x86 6.0.22, 7.0.11
  • bitnami dotnet 6.0.1, 7.0.1
  • bitnami dotnet-sdk 6.0.1, 7.0.1
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 17.6.9
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7 17.7.6
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.57
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 17.2.21
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) 16.11.30
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 17.4.13
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 12.0.40707.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 14.0.27559.0
  • Microsoft .NET 7.0 7.0.13
  • Microsoft .NET 6.0 6.0.24
  • Microsoft PowerShell 7.2 7.2.12
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 4.8.04667.03
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 4.8.04667.02
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 4.7.04063.05
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 10.0.14393.6252
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 4.7.04063.01
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 4.8.09186.01
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 4.7.04063.01
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.6.2 10.0.10240.20162
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 3.0.30729.8957
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 3.0.30729.8957
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 3.0.30729.8957
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 3.0.30729.8957
  • dotnet6-build Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 6.0.122-r0
  • dotnet6-build Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 6.0.124-r0
  • dotnet7-build Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 7.0.111-r0
  • dotnet7-build Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 7.0.113-r0
  • dotnet6-runtime Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 6.0.22-r0
  • dotnet6-runtime Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 6.0.24-r0
  • dotnet7-runtime Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 7.0.11-r0
  • dotnet7-runtime Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 7.0.13-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-36796

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2023-36796 updated cvss 7.8

dotnet: Out-of-bounds write when loading PDB type records in msdia140.dll used by Visual Studio

  • Red Hat .NET 6.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet60, rh-dotnet60-build, rh-dotnet60-runtime Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 dotnet, dotnet6.0, dotnet7.0, dotnet-host, dotnet-sdk-6.0, dotnet-sdk-7.0, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 dotnet6.0, dotnet7.0, dotnet-host, dotnet-sdk-6.0, dotnet-sdk-7.0, dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, +16 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-165-04 updated cvss 7.8

Siemens ST7 ScadaConnect

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
nuget Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64
>=7.0.0, <7.0.11
>=6.0.0, <6.0.22
7.0.11
6.0.22
nuget Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64
>=7.0.0, <7.0.11
>=6.0.0, <6.0.22
7.0.11
6.0.22
nuget Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x86
>=6.0.0, <6.0.22
>=7.0.0, <7.0.11
6.0.22
7.0.11
bitnami dotnet
>=6.0.0, <6.0.1
>=7.0.0, <7.0.1
6.0.1
7.0.1
bitnami dotnet-sdk
>=6.0.0, <6.0.1
>=7.0.0, <7.0.1
6.0.1
7.0.1

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
  • Microsoft .NET 7.0
  • Microsoft .NET 6.0
  • Microsoft PowerShell 7.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.6.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

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.