CVE-2026-54775 PUBLISHED

CoreWCF: Kafka consume pump halts permanently on a Kafka tombstone (null-value record), causing persistent endpoint denial of service.

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 15.06.2026 Published: 08.07.2026 Updated: 09.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor CoreWCF
Product CoreWCF
Versions
  • Version >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.1 is affected
  • Version < 1.8.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-248: Uncaught Exception CWE
  • CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions CWE
  • CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions CWE