GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet
GHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx CoreWCF: WS-Security signature substitution via document-wide Signature lookup
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-54773
- Ecosystem
- NuGet
- Packages
- CoreWCF.Primitives
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-19
Affected packages
• NuGet CoreWCF.Primitives: < 1.8.1 → fixed in 1.8.1
• NuGet CoreWCF.Primitives: >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.1 → fixed in 1.9.1
Description
Impact
An unauthenticated remote attacker who can place a SOAP header lexically before `wsse:Security` can embed a `ds:Signature` of their choosing inside that header and cause the server to verify the attacker-supplied signature instead of the one carried in the security header.
Preconditions
Exploitation requires the endpoint be configured with an endorsing supporting token binding, and the attacker constructs a `ds:Signature` whose `KeyInfo` resolves through the receive-side token resolver to a key under the attacker’s control. Both are conditions outside the attacker’s direct control on a generic deployment.
Patches
Fixed in CoreWCF v1.8.1 and v1.9.1
Workarounds
Use a security token resolver that only accepts references to issuer-pinned X.509 chains (the default when expecting a static set of signing certificates).
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-54773 CoreWCF is a port of the service side of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to .NET Core. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness