# Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2026-96235 - .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Advisory record · `GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9` · `CVE-2026-96235`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-787](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html)
- **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md)
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 13 Oct 2026, 20:45 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-arm64` (NuGet): affected `>=8.0.0, <8.0.32 || >=10.0.0, <10.0.13 || >=11.0.0-preview.1, <11.0.0-rc.2 || >=9.0.0, <9.0.21`; fixed in `8.0.32`, `10.0.13`, `11.0.0-rc.2`, `9.0.21`
- `Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64` (NuGet): affected `>=8.0.0, <8.0.32 || >=10.0.0, <10.0.13 || >=11.0.0-preview.1, <11.0.0-rc.2 || >=9.0.0, <9.0.21`; fixed in `8.0.32`, `10.0.13`, `11.0.0-rc.2`, `9.0.21`
- `Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86` (NuGet): affected `>=8.0.0, <8.0.32 || >=10.0.0, <10.0.13 || >=11.0.0-preview.1, <11.0.0-rc.2 || >=9.0.0, <9.0.21`; fixed in `8.0.32`, `10.0.13`, `11.0.0-rc.2`, `9.0.21`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`, from CNA (microsoft)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0086, the 58th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 13 Oct 2026, 19:01 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96235)
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:21 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:21 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9)
- [OSV: GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9)
- <https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/security/advisories/GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96235>
- <https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/483>
- <https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/issues/12026>
- <https://github.com/dotnet/wpf>
- <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96235>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-g44w-h65v-4cw9>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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