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CVE-2026-45491VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: .NET 9.0 security update

Affects Red Hat .NET 9.0Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-45491· Medium 6.2

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.2 Medium · fixed in Red Hat package updates : update Red Hat .NET 9.0 when convenient.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 01:50 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.2Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 10.0.9, 8.0.28, 9.0.17
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Jun 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade .NET to 10.0.9 (10.0) or 8.0.28 (8.0) or 9.0.17 (9.0).

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Microsoft.NET 10.0Affected
  • >=10.0.0 <10.0.9
Fixed in
  • 10.0.9
Microsoft.NET 8.0Affected
  • >=8.0 <8.0.28
Fixed in
  • 8.0.28
Microsoft.NET 8.0Affected
  • >=8.0.0 <8.0.28
Fixed in
  • 8.0.28
Microsoft.NET 9.0Affected
  • >=9.0.0 <9.0.17
Fixed in
  • 9.0.17

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released fixed versions: .NET SDK 9.0.118 and .NET Runtime 9.0.17. Users should apply these updates as provided in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:25113 to remediate the vulnerabilities. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the official patches.

Description

.NET 9.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux has security vulnerabilities including a local file tampering issue via link following (CVE-2026-45491) and an ASP.NET Core denial of service via uncontrolled resource consumption (CVE-2026-45591). Updated versions .NET SDK 9.0.118 and .NET Runtime 9.0.17 address these issues. The update is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. The vulnerabilities affect multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 variants and related products.

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