CVE-2025-26646 (GCVE-0-2025-26646)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-13 21:39
Modified
2026-02-26 18:28
Severity ?
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
Summary
External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft .NET 8.0 Version: 8.0.0   < 8.0.16
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