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GHSA-6xh7-4v2w-36q6

GitHub Security Advisory

ASP.NET Core fails to properly validate web requests

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the ASP.NET Core fails to properly validate web requests. NOTE: Microsoft has not commented on third-party claims that the issue is that the TextEncoder.EncodeCore function in the System.Text.Encodings.Web package in ASP.NET Core Mvc before 1.0.4 and 1.1.x before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to properly calculate the length of 4-byte characters in the Unicode Non-Character range.

Affected Packages

NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet System.Net.Http
Affected versions: 4.1.1 (fixed in 4.1.2)
NuGet System.Net.Http
Affected versions: 4.3.1 (fixed in 4.3.2)
NuGet System.Text.Encodings.Web
Affected versions: 4.0.0 (fixed in 4.0.1)
NuGet System.Text.Encodings.Web
Affected versions: 4.3.0 (fixed in 4.3.1)
NuGet System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler
Affected versions: 4.0.0 (fixed in 4.0.1)
NuGet System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler
Affected versions: 4.3.0 (fixed in 4.5.4)
NuGet System.Net.Security
Affected versions: 4.0.0 (fixed in 4.0.1)
NuGet System.Net.Security
Affected versions: 4.3.0 (fixed in 4.3.1)
NuGet System.Net.WebSockets.Client
Affected versions: 4.0.0 (fixed in 4.0.1)
NuGet System.Net.WebSockets.Client
Affected versions: 4.3.0 (fixed in 4.3.1)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim
Affected versions: 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.4)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim
Affected versions: 1.1.0 (fixed in 1.1.3)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-6xh7-4v2w-36q6
Published
October 16, 2018 7:58 PM
Last Modified
April 26, 2022 7:07 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
NuGet
Primary Package
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: June 18, 2025 6:25 AM

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