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CVE-2025-36854

ASP.NET - Core

Microsoft CVSS 8.1 Updated March 12, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A vulnerability 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. This issue affects EOL ASP.NET versions 6.0.0 <= 6.0.36, 8.0.0 <= 8.0.8, and 9.0.0-preview.1.24081.5 <= 9.0.0.RC.1."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type DLL
Target Asset System.Net.Http.dll
Standard Path %windir%\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Net.Http
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: System.Net.Http.dll (DLL)
$Targets = 'System.Net.Http.dll'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Unlikely

Web services may be affected

Internal Work Notes

Remote Code Execution vulnerability in EOL ASP.NET, requiring recompilation and redeployment of self-contained applications targeting impacted versions.

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