Ubuntu Security Update USN-8420-1: .NET vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle link resolution before file access. A local attacker could use this issue to perform unauthorized file tampering and write arbitrary files outside of the intended extraction directory. (CVE-2026-45491) It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle deeply-nested MessagePack arrays. An attacker could use this to cause .NET to consume excessive resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-45591)

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