CVE-2026-70162HighMicrosoft CVSS 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-70162

Published
October 13, 2026
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-70162 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products6

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.10
  • System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs on .NET 10.0 runtime installed on Windows
  • System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs on .NET 11.0 runtime installed on Windows
  • System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs on .NET 8.0 runtime installed on Windows
  • System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs on .NET 9.0 runtime installed on Windows

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 6 updates

6 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
—Security Update10.0.13
—Security Update11.0.0-rc.2
—Security Update8.0.2
—Security Update9.0.21
—Security Update18.10.4
—Security Update17.14.42

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-70162

EchelonGraph score
5.9 MEDIUM
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

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET web application. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the .NET application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the .NET web application handles web requests.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-70162, 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)