CVE tracker / CVE-2026-62901
CVE-2026-62901
CVE-2026-62901 is the .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 7.5. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published August 11, 2026.
Risk summary
HighDenial of Service
7.5
CVSS v3 base
1.2%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
Microsoft describes it: “Unchecked input for loop condition in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.”
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 10 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5122104 · fixed build 8.0.30
.NET 8.0 runtime installed on Mac OS, .NET 8.0 runtime installed on Linux, .NET 8.0 runtime installed on Windows - KB5122105 · fixed build 9.0.19
.NET 9.0 runtime installed on Windows, .NET 9.0 runtime installed on Mac OS, .NET 9.0 runtime installed on Linux - KB5122106 · fixed build 10.0.11
.NET 10.0 runtime installed on Linux, .NET 10.0 runtime installed on Mac OS - No update listed · fixed build 17.14.38
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 - No update listed · fixed build 18.8.3
Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.8
What Microsoft changed
- August 11, 2026: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-606: Unchecked Input for Loop Condition
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- August 11, 2026
- Last revised
- August 11, 2026
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References
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