Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-21218 — .NET
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products9
- .NET 10.0 installed on Linux
- .NET 10.0 installed on Mac OS
- .NET 10.0 installed on Windows
- .NET 8.0 installed on Linux
- .NET 8.0 installed on Mac OS
- .NET 8.0 installed on Windows
- .NET 9.0 installed on Linux
- .NET 9.0 installed on Mac OS
- .NET 9.0 installed on Windows
✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 3 updates
3 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.
| KB article | Update | Fixed build |
|---|---|---|
| — | Security Update | 10.0.3 |
| — | Security Update | 8.0.24 |
| — | Security Update | 9.0.13 |
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-21218
- EchelonGraph score
- 7.5 HIGH
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
Improper handling of missing special element in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-21218, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).
🔗 References (7)
- advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21218
- patchhttps://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/10.0
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5077862
- patchhttps://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5077863
- patchhttps://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/9.0
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5077864