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

GHSA-p86g-xrr2-pf7c · CVE-2026-54772

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Description

Impact

An unauthenticated remote attacker can pin one server thread‑pool worker at 100 % CPU per connection. With a few connections, the CPU usage can be exhausted.

Preconditions

An attacker being able to reach a service which is exposing an endpoint using one of NetTcpBinding, NetNamedPipeBinding, or UnixDomainSocketBinding.

Patches

Fixed in CoreWCF v1.8.1 and v1.9.1

Workarounds

None

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