High severity · published Sep 8, 2025
CVE-2025-36854
EOL ASP.NET 6.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
8.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability ( CVE-2024-38229 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord ) 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.
Per CWE-416: Use After Free https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html , Use After Free is when a product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
This issue affects EOL ASP.NET 6.0.0 <= 6.0.36 as represented in this CVE, as well as 8.0.0 <= 8.0.8, 9.0.0-preview.1.24081.5 <= 9.0.0.RC.1 as represented in CVE-2024-38229 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord .
Additionally, if you've deployed self-contained applications https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/deploying/#self-contained-deployments-scd targeting any of the impacted versions, these applications are also vulnerable and must be recompiled and redeployed.
NOTE: This CVE only represents End Of Life (EOL) software components. The vendor, Microsoft, has indicated there will be no future updates nor support provided upon inquiry.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
N6
.NET 6.0 · Microsoft
6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64 · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64 · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64 · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64 · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-arm64 · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64 · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64 · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
MI
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 · Microsoft
>=6.0.0 through 6.0.36 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36854
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36854
msrc.microsoft.com
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38229
www.herodevs.com
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2024-38229
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