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CVE-2026-26171

dotnet: .NET: Security Bypass and Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 15, 2026

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in .NET. A remote attacker could exploit a vulnerability related to unsafe transforms in EncryptedXml. This could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS), making the service unavailable, and a bypass of security features.

Statement

This is an Important impact vulnerability affecting .NET applications that utilize EncryptedXml for data encryption. An attacker could exploit unsafe transforms to achieve a denial of service or bypass security features. This impacts Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora systems running affected .NET versions.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-776 · Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')