CVE-2025-26646 (GCVE-0-2025-26646)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-13 21:39 – Updated: 2026-02-13 19:20
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Title
.NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability
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.
Severity ?
8 (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
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft .NET 8.0 Affected: 8.0.0 , < 8.0.16 (custom)
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