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CVE-2026-54775 (GCVE-0-2026-54775)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 22:13 – Updated: 2026-07-09 14:20
VLAI
Title
CoreWCF: Kafka consume pump halts permanently on a Kafka tombstone (null-value record), causing persistent endpoint denial of service.
Summary
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 listening on a Kafka topic stops processing new records from that topic when KafkaTransportPump receives a null-value tombstone record, causing a persistent endpoint denial of service for attackers with produce permission. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.1 and 1.9.1.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-09 14:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
  • CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
CoreWCF CoreWCF Affected: >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.1
Affected: < 1.8.1
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