CVE-2024-38081 .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a symlink vulnerability in .NET to elevate privileges on affected systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-38081?
CVE-2024-38081 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft .Net, published on 9 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38081?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including Microsoft.IO.Redist, dotnet and dotnet-sdk. It affects 3 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Microsoft.IO.Redist NuGet | From 4.6.0-preview.18571.3 | 6.0.1 |
Microsoft.IO.Redist NuGet | From 4.6.0-preview.18571.3 | 6.0.1 |
dotnet Bitnami | From 6.0.0 | 6.0.32 |
dotnet-sdk Bitnami | From 6.0.0 | 6.0.32 |
Products include Microsoft .Net, Microsoft .Net Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38081?
Upgrade Microsoft.IO.Redist to 6.0.1 or later.
Is CVE-2024-38081 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38081 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft .Net
- CVE-2024-43498 .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-0057 NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-96957 .NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-69439 .NET and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-71328 .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-38081, BIT-dotnet-2024-38081, BIT-dotnet-sdk-2024-38081, CLEANSTART-2025-KL68323, GHSA-hq7w-xv5x-g34j, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38081.