HighCVE-2026-50649

    .NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2026-50649)

    Published Last modified Sources: CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide, OSV, Red Hat, BSI

    What is affected, what to do

    Deserialization of untrusted data in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

    Update Microsoft .NET 8.0 to version 8.0.29, Microsoft .NET 9.0 to version 9.0.18, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 to version 4.7.4143.0.

    Affected
    • Microsoft .NET 8.0 lt 8.0.0..8.0.29
    • Microsoft .NET 9.0 lt 9.0.0..9.0.18
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 gte 3.5.0..*
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 gte 4.7.0..*
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 gte 4.8.0..*
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 gte 4.8.1..*
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 lt 4.7.0..4.7.4143.0
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 lt 4.8.0..4.8.4803.0
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1 lt 4.8.0.0..4.8.9340.0
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.7 lt 18.0..18.7.4
    Fixed in
    • Microsoft .NET 8.0 8.0.29
    • Microsoft .NET 9.0 9.0.18
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 4.7.4143.0
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 4.8.4803.0
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1 4.8.9340.0
    • Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.7 18.7.4

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    Metrics

    7.8

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    7.8

    CVSS v3

    Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide, OSV, Red Hat, BSI

    4.0 %

    EPSS score

    Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 90.5

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    Severity
    High
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    125.38 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    7.8 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    7.8
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    4.0 %
    Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    90.5
    Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    —
    Published
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-502

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    Deserialization of untrusted data in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

    Source: cvelistv5, Microsoft Security Update Guide, OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities), redhat_csaf, NVD (NIST), CVE.org (MITRE), BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    Microsoft.NET 8.0
    • 8.0.0 – < 8.0.29
    • 8.0.29
    Microsoft.NET 9.0
    • 9.0.0 – < 9.0.18
    • 9.0.18
    MicrosoftMicrosoft .NET Framework 3.5
    • ≥ 3.5.0
    • —
    MicrosoftMicrosoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2
    • ≥ 4.7.0
    • —
    MicrosoftMicrosoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8
    • ≥ 4.8.0
    • —
    MicrosoftMicrosoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1
    • ≥ 4.8.1
    • —
    MicrosoftMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2
    • 4.7.0 – < 4.7.4143.0
    • 4.7.4143.0
    MicrosoftMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.8
    • 4.8.0 – < 4.8.4803.0
    • 4.8.4803.0
    MicrosoftMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.8.1
    • 4.8.0.0 – < 4.8.9340.0
    • 4.8.9340.0
    MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.7
    • 18.0 – < 18.7.4
    • 18.7.4
    microsoft.net
    • 8.0.0 – < 8.0.29
    • 9.0.0 – < 9.0.18
    • 8.0.29
    • 9.0.18
    microsoft.net_framework
    • 4.8.1
    • 4.7.1
    • 4.7
    • 4.8
    • 3.5
    • 4.6.2
    • 4.7.2
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    • —
    • —
    • —
    • —
    • —
    • —
    microsoftvisual_studio_2026
    • 18.7.0 – < 18.7.4
    • 18.7.4
    Distribution and container packages (2)

    Downstream packages (e.g. Bitnami, Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat). Versions refer to the distribution, not the vendor.

    Distribution and container packages
    Affected versionsFixed in
    bitnamidotnet-sdk
    • 9.0.0
    • 8.0.0
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    Vendors and products

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

      Base

      The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-502

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Initial analysis by NVDNVD

      Newly listed as affected:
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      Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Product configurationadded
      —
      AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
      Product configurationadded
      —
      AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
      Product configurationadded
      —
      AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Product configurationadded
      —
      AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
      Product configurationadded
      —
      AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (excluding) 8.0.29 *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0.0 up to (excluding) 9.0.18 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Product configurationadded
      —
      AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
      Product configurationadded
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      AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
      Product configurationadded
      —
      AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
      Product configurationadded
      —
      OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2026:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.7.0 up to (excluding) 18.7.4
      Reference typeadded
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      Microsoft Corporation: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50649 Types: Patch, Vendor Advisory

      Source identifier: nvd@nist.gov

    2. Record modifiedMicrosoft

      1 individual change: Affected versions (publisher)

      Show the original change
      Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Affected versions (publisher)changed
      .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (+6)
      .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (+7)

      Source identifier: secure@microsoft.com

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