CVE-2020-1161
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Very high risk92th percentile - higher than 92% of all known CVEs
Summary
Denial of service vulnerability in ASP.NET Core when improperly handling web requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker could send specially crafted requests, causing the application to become unavailable.
Risk Assessment
Risk of disruption to web applications built on ASP.NET Core, which could impact service availability for customers.
Recommendation
Install the security update from the vendor that corrects how web requests are handled.
Original NVD description (English source)
A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against an ASP.NET Core web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the ASP.NET Core application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the ASP.NET Core web application handles web requests.