CVE-2021-26423 (GCVE-0-2021-26423)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-12 18:11
Modified
2026-08-10 15:09
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Summary
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft .NET 5.0 Version: 5.0.0   < 5.0.9
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