Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Affected: the NuGet package System.Security.Cryptography.Xml before 4.4.2. The source describes a denial of service flaw in how .NET and .NET Core process XML documents, but gives few details on the attack conditions. Upgrade System.Security.Cryptography.Xml to version 4.4.2 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.081, the 94th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:24 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:24 UTC Confirmed by OSV