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Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2021-26701)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 25, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET 5.0 before Runtime 5.0.4 and SDK 5.0.104 as well as .NET Core 3.1 before Runtime 3.1.13 and SDK 3.1.113 due to how text encoding is performed in the System.Text.Encodings.Web package, caused by a buffer overrun.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

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