highCVSS 7.5Vulnerability

CVE-2026-96232

## 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/480 ## CVSS Details - **Version:** 3.1 - **Severity:** High - **Score:** 7.5 - **Vector:** `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` - **Weakness:** CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) ## 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) | >= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.20 | 9.0.21 [Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64) | >= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.

Properties

summary
Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2026-96232 - .NET and Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
severity
high
cvss_score
7.5
retrieved_at
2026-10-14T00:18:40+00:00
ghsa_published
2026-10-13T20:47:31Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8qh-mqg4-9939
ghsa_updated
2026-10-13T20:47:33Z
ghsa_id
GHSA-f8qh-mqg4-9939
last_source
GitHub Advisory Database
cve_id
CVE-2026-96232
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
signal_observed_at
2026-10-14T00:11:18+00:00
is_ghsa_only
false

Related Entities (8)

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Out-of-bounds Read

REPORTED_BY (1)

→[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

AFFECTS (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

VULNERABLE_TO (3)

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

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