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CVE-2025-21171

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-21171 is a high-severity Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting .NET on Apple, Linux, and Microsoft platforms. Exploitation requires high attack complexity and user interaction, but successful attacks could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently in CISA's KEV catalog, its recent disclosure in Microsoft's January 2025 Patch Tuesday has garnered significant media attention, though no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.6.0, < 17.6.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.8.0, < 17.8.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.10.0, < 17.10.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (25)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10Fixed in: 17.10.10
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8Fixed in: 17.8.17
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6Fixed in: 17.6.22
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: PowerShell 7.5 installed on WindowsFixed in: 7.5.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: PowerShell 7.5 installed on LinuxFixed in: 7.5.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: PowerShell 7.5 installed on MacOSFixed in: 7.5.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: .NET 9.0 installed on LinuxFixed in: 9.0.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: .NET 9.0 installed on Mac OSFixed in: 9.0.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: .NET 9.0 installed on WindowsFixed in: 9.0.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12Fixed in: 17.12.4
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nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-armFixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-armFixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64Fixed in: 9.0.1
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NetCore.App.Runtime.win-armFixed in: 9.0.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: dotnet9.0-0:9.0.102-1.el9_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: dotnet9.0-0:9.0.102-1.el8_10
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microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (3)

nugetGHSA-p54p-p3qm-8vgjhigh

Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2025-21171 | .NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jan 14, 2025
redhatCVE-2025-21171Important

dotnet: .NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jan 14, 2025
microsoft2025-Jan/CVE-2025-21171Important

.NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jan 14, 2025

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21171
Vendor Advisory