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Is CVE-2023-38180 being exploited?

Confirmed exploited in the wild

CISA has evidence of active exploitation. This is not theoretical risk — someone has already used it against someone.

Microsoft .NET Core and Visual Studio Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Microsoft · .NET Core and Visual Studio

CVSS 7.5 EPSS 15% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 30 August 2023

What it is

Microsoft .NET Core and Visual Studio contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows for denial-of-service (DoS).

Why we say that

  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2023-08-30) has passed
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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