CVE-2026-40372 (GCVE-0-2026-40372)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 19:20 – Updated: 2026-06-29 12:34
VLAI
Title
ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi… | vendor-advisorypatch |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40372 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460224 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/v… | x_sadp-csaf-vex |
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | ASP.NET Core 10.0 |
Affected:
10.0 , < 10.0.7
(custom)
|
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.5 |
Affected:
18.5.0 , < 18.5.2
(custom)
|
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
Date Public
2026-04-21 14:00
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