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CVE-2026-118741 · CVE record: PUBLISHED

ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft Microsoft.dotnet-scaffold, Microsoft Microsoft.dotnet-scaffold-aspnet, Microsoft Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.10.0, Microsoft Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.8.0, Microsoft Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.9.0, Microsoft Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design, Microsoft Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc

Improper authentication in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Exploitation evidence

Not listed in the latest downloaded CISA KEV catalog. This does not establish an absence of exploitation.

KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗

Reported products and versions

Microsoft / Microsoft.dotnet-scaffold

Default status: Not specified

  • affected: 10.0.0 to < 20.3.0 (custom)

Microsoft / Microsoft.dotnet-scaffold-aspnet

Default status: Not specified

  • affected: 9.0.0 to < 20.3.0 (custom)

Microsoft / Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.10.0

Default status: Not specified

  • affected: 10.0.13 to < 10.0.15 (custom)

Microsoft / Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.8.0

Default status: Not specified

  • affected: 8.0.32 to < 8.0.34 (custom)

Microsoft / Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.9.0

Default status: Not specified

  • affected: 9.0.21 to < 9.0.23 (custom)

Microsoft / Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design

Default status: Not specified

  • affected: NOT_YET_AVAILABLE to < 9.0.13 (custom)

Microsoft / Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc

Default status: Not specified

  • affected: NOT_YET_AVAILABLE to < 9.0.13 (custom)

Fixes and workarounds

No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.

Sources and related reporting

CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON

Monitored source mentions

Shared CVE identifiers link source mentions; they do not establish that the reports describe the same incident.

Observed change timeline

History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.

12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated

Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.

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12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · CVE Program record changed

Stored CNA snapshot at this observation.

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