CVE-2026-58649VulnerabilityPublished 6 Oct 2026Updated 29 Oct 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

Authoritative record:CVE-2026-58649· Medium 6.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium · fixed in Red Hat package updates : update Red Hat microsoft.netcore.app when convenient.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 07:42 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 29% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 17.14.40, 18.9.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Base metrics

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Temporal metrics

Exploit Code Maturity: Unproven
Remediation Level: Official Fix
Report Confidence: Confirmed

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.
Exploit Code Maturity: Unproven: No exploit code is available, or an exploit is theoretical.
Remediation Level: Official Fix: A complete vendor solution is available. Either the vendor has issued an official patch, or an upgrade is available.
Report Confidence: Confirmed: Detailed reports exist, or functional reproduction is possible (functional exploits may provide this). Source code is available to independently verify the assertions of the research, or the author or vendor of the affected code has confirmed the presence of the vulnerability.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 29 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 to 17.14.40; Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.9 to 18.9.3; microsoft.netcore.app to 18.9.3 or 17.14.40.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Microsoft.NET 10.0	Affected =10.0.0	Fixed in–
Microsoft.NET 11.0	Affected =11.0.0	Fixed in–
Microsoft.NET 8.0	Affected =8.0.0	Fixed in–
Microsoft.NET 9.0	Affected =9.0.0	Fixed in–
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14	Affected >=17.14.0 <17.14.40	Fixed in 17.14.40
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.9	Affected >=18.9.0 <18.9.3	Fixed in 18.9.3

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AI-suggested

Currently, no mitigations meeting Red Hat Product Security criteria for ease of use, deployment, applicability, or stability are available. Users should apply updates once Red Hat releases the fix. Monitoring Red Hat advisories for the availability of patches is recommended.

Description

A moderate information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2026-58649) exists in the .NET SDK used in Red Hat Hardened Images. The dotnet watch BrowserRefreshServer does not properly validate the origin of cross-origin WebSocket connections, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to retrieve compiled intermediate language assemblies and debug files from the development environment. This could expose confidential information. Red Hat rates this issue as medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5. A fix is currently being pursued but not yet available. No effective mitigation meeting Red Hat's criteria is currently provided.

Impact

The vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to disclose sensitive information from development environments by exploiting inadequate origin validation on WebSocket connections. Confidential compiled code and debug information can be exposed, potentially aiding further attacks or intellectual property theft. There is no impact on integrity or availability reported.

Summary

CVE-2026-58649 is an origin validation error vulnerability in the .NET SDK's dotnet watch BrowserRefreshServer component included in Red Hat Hardened Images. The flaw allows an attacker who tricks a user into interacting with attacker-controlled web content to connect to the browser-refresh WebSocket used during development and extract compiled IL assemblies and PDB debug files, resulting in information disclosure. Red Hat has identified this as a moderate severity issue (CVSS 3.1 score 6.5) affecting Red Hat Hardened Images shipping dotnet8.0, dotnet9.0, and dotnet10.0 SDKs. Fixes are being developed but not yet released. No suitable mitigation is currently available.

CWE-346Origin Validation Error (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessOWASP Top 10 A07:2025: Authentication Failures (opens in a new tab)
The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
OWASP Authentication (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V14.5.2 (opens in a new tab)
V14.5.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.4.4 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) (opens in a new tab)
Cache Poisoning (opens in a new tab)
DNS Cache Poisoning (opens in a new tab)
Exploit Script-Based APIs (opens in a new tab)
Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 29 Oct 2026, 07:42 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-346

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