# CVE-2026-54772: CoreWCF: Pre-authentication infinite-loop CPU exhaustion in CoreWCF net.tcp / net.pipe / net.uds framing handshake

- Also known as: GHSA-P86G-XRR2-PF7C
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.1, 1.8.1
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

- CoreWCF: from 1.9.0, fixed in 1.9.1; fixed in 1.8.1
- CoreWCF.NetFramingBase (NuGet): fixed in 1.8.1
- CoreWCF.NetFramingBase (NuGet): from 1.9.0, fixed in 1.9.1

## 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, an unauthenticated remote attacker that can reach a NetTcpBinding, NetNamedPipeBinding, or UnixDomainSocketBinding endpoint can trigger premature EOF handling in the CoreWCF net.tcp, net.pipe, or net.uds framing handshake and pin one server thread-pool worker at full CPU per connection. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.1 and 1.9.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CoreWCF, CoreWCF.NetFramingBase, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.1, 1.8.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/security/advisories/GHSA-p86g-xrr2-pf7c
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/03ddbced349931a2da6c0efcdf745c0722eff77c
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/7ddd966d6e58564a32ab30c825dd693b45a34a55
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/c4212988cd6fd472783d0413426eeac61044097a
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.8.1
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.9.1

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