CVE-2026-54778
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
08/07/2026
Last modified:
09/07/2026
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, 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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.20
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/a3d95ea4627b818995e92c7def4c016164cacfce
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/b0acb105589b455a095ea5ff49f5191e4eeff791
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/b4867547c94bb088568935d581a55dda18a621e1
- 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-q6v9-43v5-jv9q



