# CVE-2026-54784 — CoreWCF

> As of 2026-07-10, CVE-2026-54784 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in CoreWCF, CVSS v3.1 7.4, EPSS 0.1% (7.1th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-54784 as of 2026-07-10; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-07-10

## What is CVE-2026-54784?

CoreWCF is a port of the service side of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to .NET Core. In version 1.9.0, CoreWCF SPNEGO SecurityContextToken negotiation can expose the proof key recovered from the RSTR when TransportWithMessageCredential with Windows client credentials and session establishment are used, allowing an observer to impersonate the authenticated Windows principal and decrypt or forge WS-SecureConversation traffic. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.1.

The record classifies CVE-2026-54784 under weakness classes [CWE-311](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/311.html), [CWE-523](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/523.html). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 89 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 7.4 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-07-08, last modified 2026-07-10

## Is CVE-2026-54784 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 31 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [CoreWCF](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/corewcf): CoreWCF

Affected software packages:

- `nuget:CoreWCF.Primitives` — patched in 1.9.1

## How to fix CVE-2026-54784

Fixed versions are recorded for 1 package: nuget:CoreWCF.Primitives 1.9.1. No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-54784 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-54784

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-54784, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-07-12. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com](https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/security/advisories/GHSA-2288-8h3r-cqgg)

**Other references**

- [github.com](https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/2afae08b2fa5288428df89e8161116b816cf6b4b)
- [github.com (f216aa6929d41dc99cee098b1e69c260ec4c41c7)](https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/commit/f216aa6929d41dc99cee098b1e69c260ec4c41c7)
- [github.com (v1.9)](https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/releases/tag/v1.9.1)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-54784
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-54784 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp