CVE-2025-55248: .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Information Disclosure
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2025-Oct
Released
2025-10-14
EPSS Score
0.03% (percentile: 7.3%)

Description

Inadequate encryption strength in .NET, .NET Framework, Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is Personally Identifiable Information (PII). According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R) and privileges required is Low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? An authorized attacker with read/write privileges must send a victim a malicious email, or share the link to a malicious email, and convince them to open it.

Affected Products (78)

Developer Tools

  • .NET 8.0 installed on Linux
  • .NET 8.0 installed on Mac OS
  • .NET 9.0 installed on Linux
  • .NET 9.0 installed on Mac OS
  • .NET 9.0 installed on Windows
  • .NET 8.0 installed on Windows
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server 2022
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 on Windows Server 2022
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 on Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • ... and 28 more

Security Updates (28)

Revision History

  • 2025-10-14: Information published.