CVE-2026-26171: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft .NET 10.0
Uncontrolled resource consumption in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Microsoft .NET 10.0 involves uncontrolled resource consumption that can be exploited remotely without privileges or user interaction, resulting in denial of service. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting high severity due to network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to exhaust system resources remotely, causing denial of service and potentially disrupting applications relying on .NET 10.0. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but availability is severely affected.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the patch provided in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26171 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-26171: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft .NET 10.0
Description
Uncontrolled resource consumption in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Microsoft .NET 10.0 involves uncontrolled resource consumption that can be exploited remotely without privileges or user interaction, resulting in denial of service. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting high severity due to network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to exhaust system resources remotely, causing denial of service and potentially disrupting applications relying on .NET 10.0. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but availability is severely affected.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the patch provided in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26171 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-11T18:33:57.776Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26171","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a1b82d89c981fd6a6c7
Added to database: 4/14/2026, 5:32:11 PM
Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 7:16:46 PM
Last updated: 4/15/2026, 6:06:05 AM
Views: 2
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