CVE-2026-70162CWE-405

CVE-2026-70162

Medium · published October 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00768 · 55.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-405 · Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
Published
2026-10-13T23:19Z
References (1)
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70162 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 OCT 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 1%
    epss
  • 13 OCT 19:01Z
    .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
    cvelistv5
  • 13 OCT 19:01Z
    .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
    cvelistv5