CVE-2026-50525: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Microsoft .NET 10.0
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
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Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-50525 in Microsoft .NET 10.0 involves allocation of resources without proper limits or throttling (CWE-770). This can be exploited by an unauthorized attacker remotely to cause denial of service (DoS) by exhausting system resources. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and impact limited to availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely trigger excessive resource allocation in .NET 10.0, leading to denial of service conditions that disrupt availability of affected systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as soon as possible to remediate the issue. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50525 for detailed patch information and update instructions.
CVE-2026-50525: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Microsoft .NET 10.0
Description
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-50525 in Microsoft .NET 10.0 involves allocation of resources without proper limits or throttling (CWE-770). This can be exploited by an unauthorized attacker remotely to cause denial of service (DoS) by exhausting system resources. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and impact limited to availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely trigger excessive resource allocation in .NET 10.0, leading to denial of service conditions that disrupt availability of affected systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as soon as possible to remediate the issue. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50525 for detailed patch information and update instructions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-04T19:00:41.293Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50525","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a568f2768715ace43148c88
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 19:33:59 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 15:08:15 UTC
Last updated: 08/25/2026, 22:52:12 UTC
Views: 99
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