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.
CVE-2025-26646
This high-severity CVE scores 8.0 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 72% 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
- 8.0
- EG Score
- 8.0(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 62.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 13, 2025
Last Modified
July 10, 2025
References (1)
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-26646(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2025-26646Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)High
.NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability
- RHSA-2026:9205Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:9080Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-8.0 (8.0.116-0ubuntu1~24.04.1) @ noble | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | dotnet9-0-main-9.0.116-1.hum1 | 2026-04-21 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet8-0-main-8.0.126-1.hum1 | 2026-04-20 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet8.0-0:8.0.116-1.el10_0 | 2025-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet9.0-0:9.0.106-1.el8_10 | 2025-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet8.0-0:8.0.116-1.el8_10 | 2025-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet9.0-0:9.0.106-1.el9_6 | 2025-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet8.0-0:8.0.116-1.el9_4 | 2025-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet9.0-0:9.0.106-1.el10_0 | 2025-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | dotnet8.0-0:8.0.116-1.el9_6 | 2025-05-14 | 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
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
NuGet(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core | 17.13.9, 17.13.25, 17.13.26, 17.14.5, 17.14.7 | 17.14.8 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
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 HatRHSA-2025:7571IMPORTANT2025-05-14
RHSA-2025:7571 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:7589IMPORTANT2025-05-14
RHSA-2025:7589 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:7598IMPORTANT2025-05-14
RHSA-2025:7598 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:7599IMPORTANT2025-05-14
RHSA-2025:7599 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:7600IMPORTANT2025-05-14
RHSA-2025:7600 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:7601IMPORTANT2025-05-14
RHSA-2025:7601 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:7603IMPORTANT2025-05-14
RHSA-2025:7603 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-7509-1MEDIUM
.NET vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 46× 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.
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