Net CVE-2023-38180

HIGH

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2023-08-08 secure@microsoft.com

Denial Of Service Microsoft Fedora Visual Studio 2022 Net Asp Net Core Fedoraproject

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: microsoft

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-400 OWASP Top 10:2025 A06:2025 - Insecure Design ASVS 5.0 V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits MITRE ATT&CK 1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. Sign in to read
Impact	CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	A remote attacker could cause denial of service by exhausting system resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: In CISA KEV with patch available.

Exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) Patch available 15.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.

Affected Packages

nuget microsoft.aspnetcore.app.runtime.win-arm64 fix: 6.0.21, 7.0.10

nuget microsoft.aspnetcore.app.runtime.win-x64 fix: 6.0.21, 7.0.10

nuget microsoft.aspnetcore.app.runtime.win-x86 fix: 6.0.21, 7.0.10

nuget microsoft.aspnetcore.server.kestrel.transport.libuv fix: 2.1.40, 6.0.21

nuget microsoft.aspnetcore.server.kestrel.transport.sockets fix: 2.1.40

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 5 packages in nuget

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Affected products include: Microsoft .Net, Microsoft Asp.Net Core, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, Fedoraproject Fedora.

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Severity by source

Vendor (microsoft) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

2

Added to CISA KEV

Jul 14, 2026 - 04:22 CISA

CVE Published

Aug 08, 2023 - 19:15 cve.org

HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

15.5%

Top 4% exploitable

Data Quality

4 sources

Confidence: Medium

CISA KEV

EPSS

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity HIGH

CISA KEV Yes

Public POC No

EPSS 15.5%

Patch available Yes

Active threat Yes

Deciding rule

In CISA KEV with patch available

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Immediate

Exploitation· derived

Active

System Exposure· derived

Open

Automatable· derived

Yes

Human Impact· derived

High

Priority Score

104

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: +50

EPSS: +16

CVSS: +38

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service MEDIUM

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Advisories & patches

PATCH https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38180 REF https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CL2L4WE5QRT7WEXANYXSKSU43APC5N2V/ REF https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NWVZFKTLNMNKPZ755EMRYIA6GHFOWGKY/ REF https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38180

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