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CVE-2023-28260

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28260 is a .NET DLL Hijacking Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio 2022. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk where an authenticated attacker with local access could achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.2, < 17.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.4, < 17.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (17)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: .NET 6.0Fixed in: 6.0.16
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: .NET 7.0Fixed in: 7.0.5
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5Fixed in: 17.5.4
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4Fixed in: 17.4.7
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2Fixed in: 17.2.15
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0Fixed in: 17.0.21
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: PowerShell 7.3Fixed in: 7.3.4
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: PowerShell 7.2Fixed in: 7.2.11
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nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-armFixed in: 7.0.5
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-armFixed in: 6.0.16
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64Fixed in: 7.0.5
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64Fixed in: 6.0.16
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86Fixed in: 7.0.5
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86Fixed in: 6.0.16
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64Fixed in: 6.0.16
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64Fixed in: 7.0.5

Vendor Advisories (3)

nugetGHSA-w4m3-43gp-x8hxhigh

.NET Remote Code Execution vulnerability

Apr 11, 2023
microsoft2023-Apr/CVE-2023-28260Important

.NET DLL Hijacking Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apr 11, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-28260Important

dotnet: CWD dll hijack vulnerability

Apr 11, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28260
PatchVendor Advisory