dotnet / dotnet/announcements

.NET August 2024 Updates

Open
#318 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
.NET 6.0 .NET 8.0 Monthly-Update Patch-Tuesday Release Security
Dominant language
No language data
Stars
1.4k
Forks
53
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

# .NET August 2024 Updates

Today, we are releasing .NET 9 Preview 7, .NET 8.0.8, and .NET 6.0.33 updates.

* https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/9448 ([Download](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/9.0))
* [.NET 8.0.8 and .NET SDK 8.0.303](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/8.0.8/8.0.8.md) ([Download](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/8.0))
* [.NET 6.0.33 and .NET SDK 6.0.424](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/6.0.33/6.0.33.md) ([Download](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/6.0))

Also announced at [.NET Updates in August 2024](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-and-dotnet-framework-august-2024-updates/).

## Security Announcements

- [Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38167 | .NET Information Disclosure Vulnerability](https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/319)
- [Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38168 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability](https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/320)

This issue will be updated if there are any additional releases during the month.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked .NET release notes, download pages, blog announcement, and security advisories. The issue says it will be updated for additional releases, but it does not identify a pending documentation change or a specific file; done would require a clearly stated update scope.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.