GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet

GHSA-wjpq-6766-7f5j CoreWCF: Unix Domain Socket PosixIdentity transport accepts connections that skip the security upgrade

MEDIUM Published 2026-06-19 Modified 2026-06-19 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-54776
Ecosystem
NuGet
Packages
CoreWCF.UnixDomainSocket
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-306
Reviewed
2026-06-19

Affected packages

• NuGet CoreWCF.UnixDomainSocket: < 1.8.1 → fixed in 1.8.1 • NuGet CoreWCF.UnixDomainSocket: >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.1 → fixed in 1.9.1

Description

Impact A CoreWCF service hosted on Unix Domain Sockets with the PosixIdentity client credential type (UnixDomainSocketBinding with Security.Mode = TransportCredentialOnly and Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = PosixIdentity) does not require the client to perform the application/unixposix stream upgrade before dispatching messages. Patches Fixed in CoreWCF v1.8.1 and v1.9.1 Workarounds Restrict filesystem access to the UDS socket file using owner/group/mode (e.g. chmod 0660 plus a dedicated group) so that only the POSIX users who are already authorized to invoke the service can connect at all. This makes the missing-upgrade behaviour equivalent to the operating system’s filesystem permissions instead of relying on framing-layer identity checks. Avoid relying on ServiceSecurityContext.PrimaryIdentity for authorization decisions, or back it up with an authentication-required authorization policy that rejects anonymous principals.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-54776 CoreWCF is a port of the service side of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to .NET Core. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness

References