PowershellApplication · Microsoft

CVE-2024-0057

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-01-09
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.8.04690.01 / 4.8.04690.02 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-20

The application accepts input without confirming it is well-formed or within expected bounds, so malformed data can push the program into states its author never anticipated. Attackers probe these gaps to trigger crashes, bypass logic, or feed tainted values into more dangerous operations downstream. Remediating it well means validating and normalising every input at the boundary against a strict allow-list — not merely filtering known-bad values.

General guidance for the improper input validation class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
PowershellApplication
Affected:>= 7.2, < 7.2.18>= 7.3, < 7.3.11= 7.4
Visual Studio 2022Application
Affected:>= 17.2, < 17.2.23>= 17.4, < 17.4.15>= 17.6, < 17.6.11>= 17.8, < 17.8.4
.net FrameworkApplication
Affected:>= 4.8, < 4.8.04690.02>= 4.8, < 4.8.04690.01= 4.6.2= 4.7= 4.7.1= 4.7.2= 3.5= 4.8.1= 2.0= 3.0
.netApplication
Affected:>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.26>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.15= 8.0.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.8.04690.01 / 4.8.04690.02 / 6.0.26 or later
Fixed in 4.8.04690.014.8.04690.026.0.26
Vendor patch msrc.microsoft.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to .NET 6.0.26+, .NET 7.0.15+, .NET 8.0.1+; .NET Framework 4.8.04690.02; Visual Studio 2022 17.8.4+; PowerShell 7.2.18+/7.3.11+/7.4.1+

  1. Identify which .NET, .NET Framework, Visual Studio 2022, and PowerShell products are installed in your environment
  2. For .NET 6.0.x: Upgrade to .NET 6.0.26 or later
  3. For .NET 7.0.x: Upgrade to .NET 7.0.15 or later
  4. For .NET 8.0.x: Upgrade to .NET 8.0.1 or later (8.0.0 is affected)
  5. For .NET Framework 4.8: Apply KB5034441 (Security Update for .NET Framework 4.8) which provides version 4.8.04690.02
  6. For .NET Framework 4.6.2 and 4.7: Apply the corresponding cumulative security updates for those versions
  7. For Visual Studio 2022: Update to version 17.8.4 or later (or 17.2.23, 17.4.15, or 17.6.11 depending on your update channel)
  8. For PowerShell 7.2.x: Upgrade to 7.2.18 or later
Caveat Standard .NET/.NET Framework/Visual Studio update considerations apply; review release notes for any behavioral changes in your application after patching

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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