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Fencer Vulns
high 7.3

CVE-2025-55247 json

.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 2025-10-14 12 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also BIT-dotnet-2025-55247 , BIT-dotnet-sdk-2025-55247 , EUVD-2025-34427 , GHSA-w3q9-fxm7-j8fq

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in .NET allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Patch / fix

  • nuget Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core 17.8.43, 17.10.46, 17.11.48, 17.12.50, 17.14.28, 18.0.0-preview-25476-107
  • nuget Microsoft.Build 17.8.43, 17.10.46, 17.11.48, 17.12.50, 17.14.28, 18.0.0-preview-25476-107
  • nuget Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core 17.8.43, 17.10.46, 17.11.48, 17.12.50, 17.14.28, 18.0.0-preview-25476-107
  • bitnami dotnet 8.0.21, 9.0.10
  • bitnami dotnet-sdk 8.0.21, 9.0.10
  • Microsoft .NET 8.0 8.0.21
  • Microsoft .NET 9.0 9.0.10
  • dotnet8 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 8.0.121-8.0.21-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
  • dotnet8 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 8.0.121-8.0.21-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
  • dotnet8 Ubuntu 25.10 8.0.121-8.0.21-0ubuntu1~25.10.1
  • dotnet9 Ubuntu 25.10 9.0.111-9.0.10-0ubuntu1~25.10.1
  • dotnet10 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 10.0.100-10.0.0-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
  • dotnet10 Ubuntu 25.10 10.0.100-10.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu1~25.10.2
  • dotnet10 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 10.0.100-10.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-55247

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  • dotnet9.0 hummingbird 1 9.0.116-1.hum1
  • dotnet8.0 hummingbird 1 8.0.126-1.hum1
  • dotnet10.0 RHEL 10.1 10.0.100~rc.2.25502.107-0.12.el10_1
  • dotnet-host RHEL 10.1 10.0.0~rc.2.25502.107-0.12.el10_1
  • dotnet-sdk-10.0 RHEL 10.1 10.0.100~rc.2.25502.107-0.12.el10_1
  • dotnet-hostfxr-10.0 RHEL 10.1 10.0.0~rc.2.25502.107-0.12.el10_1
  • dotnet-runtime-10.0 RHEL 10.1 10.0.0~rc.2.25502.107-0.12.el10_1
  • dotnet-sdk-aot-10.0 RHEL 10.1 10.0.100~rc.2.25502.107-0.12.el10_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:9205RHSA-2026:9080RHBA-2025:20993RHBA-2025:20916RHSA-2025:18256RHSA-2025:18153

  • dotnet-sdk-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.121-1.el8_10
  • dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.21-1.el8_10
  • dotnet-runtime-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.21-1.el8_10
  • dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.121-1.el8_10
  • dotnet-templates-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.121-1.el8_10
  • aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.21-1.el8_10
  • dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.21-1.el8_10
  • dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0 AlmaLinux 8 8.0.21-1.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:18148ALSA-2025:18149ALSA-2025:18150ALSA-2025:18151ALSA-2025:18152ALSA-2025:18153

  • dotnet8.0 Rocky Linux 10 8.0.121-1.el10_0
  • dotnet9.0 Rocky Linux 10 9.0.111-1.el10_0
  • dotnet8.0 Rocky Linux 9 8.0.121-1.el9_6
  • dotnet9.0 Rocky Linux 9 9.0.111-1.el9_6
  • dotnet8.0 Rocky Linux 8 8.0.121-1.el8_10
  • dotnet9.0 Rocky Linux 8 9.0.111-1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:18152RLSA-2025:18153RLSA-2025:18149RLSA-2025:18151RLSA-2025:18148RLSA-2025:18150

  • dotnet8-runtime Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 8.0.21-r0
  • dotnet9-runtime Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 9.0.10-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-55247

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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-2025-55247 updated cvss 7.3

dotnet: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

  • 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
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.121-1.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18256
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) dotnet 9.0.111-1.el8_10, dotnet8.0 8.0.121-1.el8_10, dotnet9.0 9.0.111-1.el8_10, dotnet-host 9.0.10-1.el8_10, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.121-1.el8_10, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.111-1.el8_10, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18148
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) dotnet8.0 8.0.121-1.el9_6, dotnet9.0 9.0.111-1.el9_6, dotnet-host 9.0.10-1.el9_6, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.121-1.el9_6, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.111-1.el9_6, dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.21-1.el9_6, +35 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18149
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) dotnet8.0 8.0.121-1.el10_0, dotnet9.0 9.0.111-1.el10_0, dotnet-host 9.0.10-1.el10_0, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.121-1.el10_0, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.111-1.el10_0, dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.21-1.el10_0, +35 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18152
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) dotnet8.0 8.0.121-1.el9_4, dotnet-host 8.0.21-1.el9_4, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.121-1.el9_4, dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.21-1.el9_4, dotnet-runtime-8.0 8.0.21-1.el9_4, dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0 8.0.121-1.el9_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18256
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.121-1.el9_6, dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts 9.0.111-1.el9_6, dotnet-sdk-10.0-source-built-artifacts 10.0.100~rc.2.25502.107-0.10.el9_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18149
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.121-1.el10_0, dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts 9.0.111-1.el10_0, dotnet-sdk-10.0-source-built-artifacts 10.0.100~rc.2.25502.107-0.12.el10_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18152
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts 8.0.121-1.el8_10, dotnet-sdk-9.0-source-built-artifacts 9.0.111-1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:18148
  • Red Hat Hardened Images dotnet8.0 8.0.126-1.hum1, dotnet9.0 9.0.116-1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:9080
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.25 devspaces 3.25.0-1765582207
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:23225
  • Red Hat Hardened Images dotnet10.0, dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.126-1.hum1, dotnet-sdk-9.0 9.0.116-1.hum1, dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.26-1.hum1, dotnet-hostfxr-9.0 9.0.15-1.hum1, dotnet-runtime-8.0 8.0.26-1.hum1, +21 more Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.25 devspaces 3.25.0-1764891834, devspaces 3.25.0-1764892045, devspaces 3.25.0-1764892466, devspaces 3.25.0-1764892891, devspaces 3.25.0-1765225950, devspaces 3.25.0-1765246979, +9 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
12 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
GitHub 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
nuget Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core
>=17.15.0-preview-25277-114, <18.0.0-preview-25476-107
>=17.14.0, <17.14.28
>=17.12.0, <17.12.50
>=17.11.0, <17.11.48
>=17.10.0, <17.10.46
>=17.8.0, <17.8.43
18.0.0-preview-25476-107
17.14.28
17.12.50
17.11.48
17.10.46
17.8.43
nuget Microsoft.Build
>=17.15.0-preview-25277-114, <18.0.0-preview-25476-107
>=17.14.0, <17.14.28
>=17.12.0, <17.12.50
>=17.11.0, <17.11.48
>=17.10.0, <17.10.46
>=17.8.0, <17.8.43
18.0.0-preview-25476-107
17.14.28
17.12.50
17.11.48
17.10.46
17.8.43
nuget Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core
>=17.15.0-preview-25277-114, <18.0.0-preview-25476-107
>=17.14.0, <17.14.28
>=17.12.0, <17.12.50
>=17.11.0, <17.11.48
>=17.10.0, <17.10.46
>=17.8.0, <17.8.43
18.0.0-preview-25476-107
17.14.28
17.12.50
17.11.48
17.10.46
17.8.43
bitnami dotnet
>=8.0.0, <8.0.21
>=9.0.0, <9.0.10
8.0.21
9.0.10
bitnami dotnet-sdk
>=8.0.0, <8.0.21
>=9.0.0, <9.0.10
8.0.21
9.0.10

Affected products

  • Microsoft .NET 8.0
  • Microsoft .NET 9.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

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.