# CVE-2026-54776: CoreWCF: Unix Domain Socket PosixIdentity transport accepts connections that skip the security upgrade

- Also known as: GHSA-WJPQ-6766-7F5J
- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, 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.UnixDomainSocket (NuGet): fixed in 1.8.1
- CoreWCF.UnixDomainSocket (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, a CoreWCF service hosted on Unix Domain Sockets with PosixIdentity client credentials can accept connections that skip the application/unixposix stream upgrade before dispatching messages, bypassing framing-layer identity checks in UnixPosixIdentitySecurityUpgradeProvider. 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.UnixDomainSocket, 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-wjpq-6766-7f5j
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/994431268e3362c0cd126450fe2a135c202551f3
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/9af16955e51a57348dafce0019e259a092ef7440
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/f2f1a05927a88b8a75fa0582fa8ed75eb891e463
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.8.1
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.9.1

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