SCA: security update for Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities (GHSA-6527-9fp8-r4x6)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 478939

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to
deny service over a network. (CVE-2026-118750)

Solution

Update the Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities library and its related packages to version 2.3.14 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6527-9fp8-r4x6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 478939

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/11/2026

Updated: 11/11/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.79

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-118750

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-118750

cwe: CWE-770