ESB-2026.4400
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.100000381469727 CRITICAL
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.4400
USN-8216-1: .NET vulnerabilities
29 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: .NET
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2026-26171 CVE-2026-32178 CVE-2026-32203
CVE-2026-33116 CVE-2026-40372
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8216-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 9.1 CVE-2026-40372 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVSS Source: Ubuntu
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS (Max): 0.8% (73rd) CVE-2026-33116 2026-04-28
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USN-8216-1: .NET vulnerabilities
Publication date
28 April 2026
Overview
Several security issues were fixed in .NET.
Releases
26.04 LTS
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Packages
o dotnet10 - .NET CLI tools and runtime
Details
Ludvig Pedersen discovered that the System.Security.Cryptography.Xml
library in .NET incorrectly handled certain XML inputs. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to consume excessive resources, resulting in a
denial of service. ( CVE-2026-33116 , CVE-2026-26171 )
Ludvig Pedersen and Kevin Jones discovered that the
System.Security.Cryptography.Xml library in .NET incorrectly handled
certain XML inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
.NET to crash, resulting in a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-32203 )
Ludvig Pedersen discovered that the System.Net.Mail component in .NET
incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to perform a network spoofing attack. ( CVE-2026-32178 )
It was discovered that the Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection library in
.NET did not properly verify cryptographic signatures under certain
conditions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to elevate
privileges. ( CVE-2026-40372 )
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Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu Release Package Version
aspnetcore-runtime-10.0 - 10.0.7-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
dotnet-host-10.0 - 10.0.7-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-10.0 - 10.0.7-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
26.04 LTS resolute dotnet-runtime-10.0 - 10.0.7-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
dotnet-sdk-10.0 - 10.0.107-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
dotnet-sdk-aot-10.0 - 10.0.107-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
dotnet10 - 10.0.107-10.0.7-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
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References
o CVE-2026-40372
o CVE-2026-33116
o CVE-2026-32203
o CVE-2026-32178
o CVE-2026-26171
Related notices
o USN-8215-1
o USN-8176-1
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