Medium
DNN has same HostGUID for all new installs
Type: advisorySources: OSV
DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. All new installations of DNN 10.x.x - 10.2.1 have the same Host GUID. This does not affect upgrades from 9.x.x. Version 10.2.2 patches the issue.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-40306
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 01:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
DNN has same HostGUID for all new installs
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 17 Apr 2026, 21:09 UTC
DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. All new installations of DNN 10.x.x - 10.2.1 have the same Host GUID. This does not affect upgrades from 9.x.x. Version 10.2.2 patches the issue.
osv:CVE-2026-40306
Complete source record
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"title": "DNN has same HostGUID for all new installs",
"summary": "DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. All new installations of DNN 10.x.x - 10.2.1 have the same Host GUID. This does not affect upgrades from 9.x.x. Version 10.2.2 patches the issue.",
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