Weak password recovery in Microsoft ASP.NET Core
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-640Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-640.
Summary
ASP.NET Core 1.0. 1.1, and 2.0 allow an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to how web applications that are created from templates validate web requests, aka "ASP.NET Core Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability".
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.09573 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides (NuGet): 2.0.2Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core (NuGet): 2.0.2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core 1.0. 1.1, and 2.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides (NuGet) | 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 | 2.0.2 | Patch available | GHSA-365p-96qv-xr7g |
| — | Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core (NuGet) | 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 | 2.0.2 | Patch available | GHSA-365p-96qv-xr7g |
- ASP.NET Core VendorMicrosoft Affected ASP.NET Core 1.0. 1.1, and 2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 Fixed in 2.0.2 Patch available GHSA-365p-96qv-xr7g
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 Fixed in 2.0.2 Patch available GHSA-365p-96qv-xr7g
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-365p-96qv-xr7g Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides (NuGet) Fixed in 2.0.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-365p-96qv-xr7g Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core (NuGet) Fixed in 2.0.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-0787
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-365p-96qv-xr7g
References
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- TI-2023-19596 .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-34970 ASP.NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2024-14164 .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-18092 ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2023-18392 ASP.NET Core Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
Sources
- CVE-2018-0787 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-0787 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-365p-96qv-xr7g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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