CVE-2026-54775

Summary

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, a CoreWCF service listening on a Kafka topic stops processing new records from that topic when KafkaTransportPump receives a null-value tombstone record, causing a persistent endpoint denial of service for attackers with produce permission. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.1 and 1.9.1.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CoreWCFCoreWCF>= 1.9.0, < 1.9.1affected
CoreWCFCoreWCF< 1.8.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-248: CWE-248: Uncaught Exception
  • CWE-754: CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
  • CWE-755: CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References