Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2025-26682: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

[leecow]

Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2025-26682: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

Executive summary

Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in ASP.NET Core 9.0, and ASP.NET Core 8.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to address this vulnerability.

A vulnerability exists in ASP.NET Core where using HTTP/3 improperly may result in a Denial of Service by allocation of resources without limits or throttling.

Announcement

Announcement for this issue can be found at dotnet/announcements#352

Mitigation factors

Microsoft has not identified any mitigating factors for this vulnerability.

Affected software

• Any ASP.NET Core 9.0 application running on ASP.NET Core 9.0.3 or earlier.
• Any ASP.NET Core application running on ASP.NET Core 8.0.14 or earlier.

Affected Packages

The vulnerability affects any Microsoft .NET Core project if it uses any of affected packages versions listed below

ASP.NET Core 9

Package name	Affected version	Patched version
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86	>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.3	9.0.4

ASP.NET Core 8

Package name	Affected version	Patched version
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86	>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.14	8.0.15

Advisory FAQ

How do I know if I am affected?

If you have a runtime or SDK with a version listed, or an affected package listed in affected software or affected packages, you're exposed to the vulnerability.

How do I fix the issue?

1. To fix the issue please install the latest version of .NET 9.0. If you have installed one or more .NET SDKs through Visual Studio, Visual Studio will prompt you to update Visual Studio, which will also update your .NET SDKs.
2. If your application references the vulnerable package, update the package reference to the patched version.

• You can list the versions you have installed by running the dotnet --info command. You will see output like the following;

.NET SDK:
 Version:           9.0.100
 Commit:            59db016f11
 Workload version:  9.0.100-manifests.3068a692
 MSBuild version:   17.12.7+5b8665660

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Mac OS X
 OS Version:  15.2
 OS Platform: Darwin
 RID:         osx-arm64
 Base Path:   /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/9.0.100/

.NET workloads installed:
There are no installed workloads to display.
Configured to use loose manifests when installing new manifests.

Host:
  Version:      9.0.0
  Architecture: arm64
  Commit:       9d5a6a9aa4

.NET SDKs installed:
  9.0.100 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 9.0.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 9.0.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

Other architectures found:
  x64   [/usr/local/share/dotnet]
    registered at [/etc/dotnet/install_location_x64]

Environment variables:
  Not set

global.json file:
  Not found

Learn more:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet/info

Download .NET:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet/download

• If you're using .NET 9.0, you should download and install .NET 9.0.4 Runtime or .NET 9.0.105 SDK (for Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 latest Preview) from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/9.0.

Once you have installed the updated runtime or SDK, restart your apps for the update to take effect.

Additionally, if you've deployed self-contained applications targeting any of the impacted versions, these applications are also vulnerable and must be recompiled and redeployed.

Other Information

Reporting Security Issues

If you have found a potential security issue in .NET 8.0 or .NET 9.0, please email details to [email protected]. Reports may qualify for the Microsoft .NET Core & .NET 5 Bounty. Details of the Microsoft .NET Bounty Program including terms and conditions are at https://aka.ms/corebounty.

Support

You can ask questions about this issue on GitHub in the .NET GitHub organization. The main repos are located at https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore. The Announcements repo (https://github.com/dotnet/Announcements) will contain this bulletin as an issue and will include a link to a discussion issue. You can ask questions in the linked discussion issue.

Disclaimer

The information provided in this advisory is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.

External Links

Acknowledgement

CVE-2025-26682

Revisions

V1.0 (April 8, 2025): Advisory published.

Version 1.0

Last Updated 2025-04-08

[tboby]

@leecow
Could we get clarification on what "Improper" usage is so we can assess whether we are impacted?

[leecow]

@tboby this has do with certain code flow patterns where resources are allocated before the resource limit check. Using this flow is the "improper" bit.