highCVSS 8.8Vulnerability

CVE-2026-83520

## Executive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime (WPF). This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. Restrictive XAML and XPS security fixes block unsafe URI fetching and navigation, propagate untrusted-input state through hyperlink navigation, add TrueType font protection and XAML nesting-depth limits, and avoid caching positive DNS zone-policy decisions. ## Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/467 ## CVSS Details - **Version:** 3.1 - **Severity:** High - **Score:** 8.8 - **Vector:** `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` - **Weakness:** CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) ## Affected Platforms - **Platforms:** Windows - **Architectures:** All ## <a name="affected-packages"></a>Affected Packages The vulnerability affects Microsoft .NET projects that use an affected package version listed below. Package name | Affected version | Patched version ------------ | ---------------- | --------------- [Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-arm64](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-arm64) | >= 11.0.0-preview.1, <= 11.0.0-rc.1 | 11.0.0-rc.2 [Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64) | >= 11.0.0-preview.1, <= 11.0.0-rc.1 | 11.0.0-rc.2 [Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86) | >= 11.0.0-preview.1, <= 11.0.0-rc.1 | 11.0.0-rc.2 [Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-arm64](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-arm64) | >= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.12 | 10.0.13 [Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64) |

Properties

summary
Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2026-83520 - .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
severity
high
cvss_score
8.8
retrieved_at
2026-10-14T00:18:40+00:00
ghsa_published
2026-10-13T20:48:38Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w5f-7jp2-w48g
ghsa_updated
2026-10-13T20:48:40Z
ghsa_id
GHSA-4w5f-7jp2-w48g
last_source
GitHub Advisory Database
cve_id
CVE-2026-83520
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
signal_observed_at
2026-10-14T00:11:18+00:00
is_ghsa_only
false

Related Entities (8)

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Deserialization of Untrusted Data

REPORTED_BY (1)

→[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (3)

←[Software]nuget/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-arm64
←[Software]nuget/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64
←[Software]nuget/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86

AFFECTS (3)

→[Software]nuget/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86
→[Software]nuget/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64
→[Software]nuget/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-arm64

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