# CVE-2026-54781: CoreWCF: SAML SubjectConfirmation methods and holder-of-key proof keys are not enforced

- Also known as: GHSA-48PQ-2XQ3-C2M4
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- 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.Primitives (NuGet): fixed in 1.8.1
- CoreWCF.Primitives (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, CoreWCF SAML token validation does not enforce SubjectConfirmation method URIs or holder-of-key proof keys in SamlSecurityTokenHandler, allowing holder-of-key downgrade or custom confirmation method assertions to authenticate a subject without proving authority over the assertion. 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.Primitives, 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-48pq-2xq3-c2m4
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/6a99df3242f54acd6f89edfd6050430b72d0c685
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/86dd3232b6b8aaf32281be9e8d798afad6145d58
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/9eb9b46d1c2af06fb71f656a02f4d5b4649c1f03
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.8.1
- https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.9.1

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