.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21176
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.4%, top 19% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 81.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 14, 2025
Last Modified
May 6, 2025
References (2)
- secure@microsofthttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21176
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-21176
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-21176(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-9.0 (9.0.102-0ubuntu1~24.10.1) @ oracular | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | dotnet8.0-0:8.0.112-1.el9_4 | 2025-01-21 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet8.0-0:8.0.112-1.el8_10 | 2025-01-16 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet9.0-0:9.0.102-1.el8_10 | 2025-01-16 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet8.0-0:8.0.112-1.el9_5 | 2025-01-14 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet9.0-0:9.0.102-1.el9_5 | 2025-01-14 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(12 across 1 ecosystem)
NuGet(12)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm | — | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
| Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86 | 8.0.0 ... 8.0.8 (11 versions) | 8.0.12 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(5)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHBA-2025:0305IMPORTANT2025-01-14
RHBA-2025:0305 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:0382IMPORTANT2025-01-14
RHSA-2025:0382 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:0532IMPORTANT2025-01-14
RHSA-2025:0532 — Important
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2025-211762025-01-14
.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-7210-1MEDIUM
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-19 00:43 UTCOSV refresh
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- 2026-05-30 13:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-30 13:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-30 09:01 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-05-29 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
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