CVE-2026-54775
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-248, CWE-754, CWE-755
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/1a229d0d14a07766302f7d14c866889f04a3a624
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/6d7431ebc0ebe6521ea6d0dbea8982bac3d2bc98
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/8f95f3ac3c929409e830b5c5659683ef9f6ea6b0
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.8.1
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.9.1
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/security/advisories/GHSA-m744-jhq9-ppw6
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.