EOL ASP.NET 6.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A vulnerability ( CVE-2024-38229 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord ) exists in EOL ASP.NET when closing an HTTP/3 stream while application code is writing to the response body, a race condition may lead to use-after-free, resulting in Remote Code Execution. Per CWE-416: Use After Free https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html , Use After Free is when a product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. This issue affects EOL ASP.NET 6.0.0 <= 6.0.36 as represented in this CVE, as well as 8.0.0 <= 8.0.8, 9.0.0-preview.1.24081.5 <= 9.0.0.RC.1 as represented in CVE-2024-38229 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord . Additionally, if you've deployed self-contained applications https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/deploying/#self-contained-deployments-scd targeting any of the impacted versions, these applications are also vulnerable and must be recompiled and redeployed. NOTE: This CVE only represents End Of Life (EOL) software components. The vendor, Microsoft, has indicated there will be no future updates nor support provided upon inquiry.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | .NET 6.0 | 6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Microsoft | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64 | >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- .NET 6.0 VendorMicrosoft Affected 6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64 VendorMicrosoft Affected >=6.0.0 – 6.0.36 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-36854
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qwjg-j8g7-hwvh
References
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- TI-2025-33671 Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-36854 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-36854 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qwjg-j8g7-hwvh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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