CVE-2026-96958

high

EUVD alias: EUVD-2026-100279

Assigned by CNA: microsoft

Published 2026-10-13 · Modified 2026-10-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Inefficient algorithmic complexity in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Windows Affected 1 release

Version	Package	Status	Fixed in
—	—	Affected	—

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
NuGet	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	`>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.20`	`9.0.21`
NuGet	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	`>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.4`	`8.0.5`
NuGet	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	`>= 11.0.0-preview.1, <= 11.0.0-rc.1`	`11.0.0-rc.2`
NuGet	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	`>= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.12`	`10.0.13`
NuGet	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	`>=10.0.0,<10.0.13`	`10.0.13`
NuGet	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	`>=11.0.0-preview.1,<11.0.0-rc.2`	`11.0.0-rc.2`
NuGet	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	`>=8.0.0,<8.0.5`	`8.0.5`
NuGet	System.Security.Cryptography.Xml	`>=9.0.0,<9.0.21`	`9.0.21`

References

CWEs

CWE-407

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.