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CVE-2026-54778: CoreWCF is a port of the service side of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to .NET Core. Prior to 1.8.1 and 1.9.1, CoreWCF UnixDomainSocket POSIX peer identity resolution uses

mediumCVSS 6.2CVE-2026-54778
CoreWCF is a port of the service side of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to .NET Core. Prior to 1.8.1 and 1.9.1, CoreWCF UnixDomainSocket POSIX peer identity resolution uses non-reentrant getpwuid and getgrgid calls, allowing concurrent connections to attribute one connection's identity to another or crash the host process under contention. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.1 and 1.9.1.

Details

Source
NVD Recent CVEs (US · database · site)
Severity
medium — CVSS 6.2
Published
2026-07-08
Last updated
2026-07-09
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54778

Exploitation outlook

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Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2026-54778coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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