CVE-2026-118746 json
.NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
published yesterday modified 17h ago also EUVD-2026-122252
- cvss
- 6.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Not failing securely ('failing open') in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Patch / fix
- Microsoft .NET 11.0 installed on Linux 11.0.0
- Microsoft .NET 11.0 installed on Mac OS 11.0.0
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-118746 updated cvss 6.8
dotnet11.0: .NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 dotnet, dotnet11.0, dotnet-host, dotnet-sdk-11.0, dotnet-hostfxr-11.0, dotnet-runtime-11.0, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 dotnet-host, dotnet-sdk-11.0, dotnet-hostfxr-11.0, dotnet-runtime-11.0, dotnet-sdk-aot-11.0, dotnet-sdk-dbg-11.0, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 dotnet11.0affected: no fix available
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- yesterday
Exploit prediction
0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- Microsoft .NET 11.0 installed on Linux
- Microsoft .NET 11.0 installed on Mac OS
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-636 Not Failing Securely
References
-
msrc.microsoft.com
/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-118746
vendor-advisory, patch
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-118746
- NVD CVE-2026-118746
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