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GHSA-x459-p2rx-f8ff

GitHub Security Advisory

.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 6.0 and .NET 5.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability.

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in .NET 6.0 and .NET 5.0 when the Kestrel web server processes certain HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 requests.

### Affected Software

* Any .NET 6.0 application running on .NET 6.0.1 or lower.
* Any .NET 5.0 application running on .NET 5.0.13 or lower.

### Patches
To fix the issue, please install the latest version of .NET 6.0 or .NET 5.0. If you have installed one or more .NET SDKs through Visual Studio, Visual Studio will prompt you to update Visual Studio, which will also update your .NET SDKs.

* If you're using .NET Core 6.0, you should download and install Runtime 6.0.2 or SDK 6.0.102 (for Visual Studio 2022 v17.1) from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/6.0.

* If you're using .NET 5.0, you should download and install Runtime 5.0.14 or SDK 5.0.114 (for Visual Studio 2019 v16.8) or SDK 5.0.405 (for Visual Studio 2011 v16.11) from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/5.0.

.NET 6.0 and .NET 5.0 updates are also available from Microsoft Update. To access this either type "Check for updates" in your Windows search, or open Settings, choose Update & Security and then click Check for Updates.

#### Other Details

- Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/207
- An Issue for this can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/40072
- MSRC details for this can be found at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21986

Affected Packages

NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.0.14)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)
NuGet Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.0.2)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-x459-p2rx-f8ff
Published
October 21, 2022 8:29 PM
Last Modified
October 21, 2022 8:29 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
NuGet
Primary Package
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 27, 2025 6:35 AM

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