CVE-2026-96234

## 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/482 ## CVSS Details - **Version:** 3.1 - **Severity:** Moderate - **Score:** 5.3 - **Vector:** `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` - **Weakness:** CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error) ## 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) | >= 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, <= 9.0.20 | 9.0.21 [Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86) | >= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.20 | 9.0.21 [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) | >= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.12 | 10.0.13 [Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtim