Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting system.security.cryptography.xml package, versions [8.0.0,8.0.4)[9.0.0,9.0.18)[10.0.0,10.0.10)
Threat Intelligence
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- published15 Jul 2026
- disclosed31 Dec 1899
- credit41ae55e9310ff27fa6f26af4727e5590
Introduced: 31 Dec 1899
CVE-2026-50648 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade System.Security.Cryptography.Xml to version 8.0.4, 9.0.18, 10.0.10 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via XML encryption processing in EncryptedXml. An attacker can cause denial of service by supplying specially crafted encrypted XML that triggers uncontrolled resource consumption during XML decryption or processing, potentially exhausting system resources and rendering the application unavailable.