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CVE-2021-26423

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2021-264234 of 4 sources documented this
21

rank 21 = 1 + 13 + 0 + 7 + 0

rank@v1 · backlog

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.03902  ·  without this subject the record ranks 20

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 5.0, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 8

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 21

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

8 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 14

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 21

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$119,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$327,000on 2022-04-01, the last material move, 4 years, 4 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$119,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.6121449559255632 exposure x 0.03902 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

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Hindsight · the state

0.03902EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity7.5 HIGHreceipt
Harmunauthenticated · networkreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defensefix version namedreceipt
Movementrisenreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2022-02-04, 1650 days at 0.04, as of 2026-08-12. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

No weakness class or product neighbourhood is held for this record, so this index cannot name anywhere to check next. That is an absence in the record, not a finding about the software.

Color is a claim, not decoration:the hostile worldthe defenseno signal

Sources disagree here.

Severity score
Microsoft7.5 HIGHreceipt
NVD5 MEDIUMreceipt
Scoring standard
MicrosoftCVSS v3.1receipt
NVDCVSS v2.0receipt

Both shown, dated. We don't pick winners. disagreement-rules@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · no user interaction · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classNo CWE mapping in held sources.

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed in5.0.9; 2.1.30; 3.1.18; 15.9.38; 16.10.5; 16.4.25; 16.7.18; 16.9.10; 7.0.7; 7.1.4; 8.10.7receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA7.5 HIGHreceipt
CVSS, NVD5 MEDIUMreceipt
Exploit probability0.03902 · top 10% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth4 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned bymicrosoftreceipt
Recorded changes33 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productMicrosoft .NET 5.0; Microsoft .NET Core 2.1; Microsoft .NET Core 3.1; Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)…receipt
Published rangesmicrosoft .net >= 5.0 <= 5.0.8; microsoft .net core >= 2.1 <= 2.1.28; microsoft .net core >= 3.1 <= 3.1.17; microsoft powershell core >= 7.0 < 7.0.7receipt
Show all 8 published ranges
microsoft .net >= 5.0 <= 5.0.8
microsoft .net core >= 2.1 <= 2.1.28
microsoft .net core >= 3.1 <= 3.1.17
microsoft powershell core >= 7.0 < 7.0.7
microsoft powershell core >= 7.1 < 7.1.4
microsoft visual studio 2017 >= 15.0 <= 15.9
microsoft visual studio 2019 >= 16.0 <= 16.10
microsoft visual studio 2019 8.10
Fixed in5.0.9; 2.1.30; 3.1.18; 15.9.38; 16.10.5; 16.4.25; 16.7.18; 16.9.10; 7.0.7; 7.1.4; 8.10.7receipt

A rung lights from a row in the index, never from an assessment. "Held sources" is the true scope of the claim: this index reads the CVE record, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST's EPSS and public proof-of-concept repositories, and it does not observe attacks.

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What it is stated by the CNA

.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
affected versions
microsoft .net >= 5.0 <= 5.0.8; microsoft .net core >= 2.1 <= 2.1.28; microsoft .net core >= 3.1 <= 3.1.17; and 5 more, listed in full below
also scored by
[email protected] 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · [email protected] 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The CNA scored it 7.5 and NVD 5. Both are shown because both were published; we do not pick one.

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Dated events

2021-08-20EPSS moved 0.01 to 0.062022-01-06EPSS moved 0.06 to 0.212025-11-21EPSS moved 0.08 to 0.02

Movement the material steps

13 Aug 20210.00518
6 Jan 20220.21078 · crossed 0.10
1 Apr 20220.02251 · crossed 0.10
7 Mar 20230.00127 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.0323 · scoring model v2025.03.14
15 Jun 20260.0374 · scoring model v2026.06.15
12 Aug 20260.03902
Show all 33 observations
13 Aug 20210.00518
20 Aug 20210.05618
6 Jan 20220.21078
4 Feb 20220.12963
1 Apr 20220.02251
31 Oct 20220.02427
28 Feb 20230.02632
7 Mar 20230.00127
15 Jun 20230.00200
26 Aug 20230.00149
22 Sep 20230.00182
4 Nov 20230.00124
21 Feb 20240.00169
18 Mar 20240.00179
14 Apr 20240.00195
27 Apr 20240.00192
4 Jul 20240.00193
17 Dec 20240.00244
17 Mar 20250.0323
25 Mar 20250.02404
29 Mar 20250.02583
30 Mar 20250.02404
3 Jun 20250.01933
11 Jul 20250.0242
10 Nov 20250.02439
18 Nov 20250.07601
21 Nov 20250.02439
3 Jan 20260.03657
9 Apr 20260.03366
15 Jun 20260.0374
23 Jun 20260.03858
11 Aug 20260.04025
12 Aug 20260.03902

33 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.03902Published2021-08-12Index as of2026-08-12

The record had been public for 5 years when this index was last written.

Published 2021-08-12 receipt · Index as of 2026-08-12 derived

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microsoft .net 5.0

Of the 2 records in this family, this is the only one whose title names visual studio.

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