CVE-2026-96960

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Oct 22, 2026

Description

Asymmetric resource consumption (amplification) in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-405

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5	>= 3.5.0, < 2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171
Microsoft	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2	>= 3.0.0.0, < 2.0.50727.8987 AND 3.0.30729.8982 AND 4.7.4150.0
Microsoft	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2	>= 4.7.0, < 2.0.50727.9073 AND 3.0.30729.9070 AND 4.7.4150.0
Microsoft	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8	>= 4.8.0, < 2.0.50727.9073 AND 3.0.30729.9070 AND 4.8.4811.0
Microsoft	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1	>= 4.8.1, < 2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.9363.0
Microsoft	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2	>= 4.7.0, < 4.7.4150.0
Microsoft	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8	>= 4.8.0, < 4.8.4811.0
Microsoft	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1	>= 4.8.0.0, < 4.8.9363.0
Microsoft	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.13

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96960Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 13, 2026
Last modified: Oct 22, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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