GHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx
MEDIUMGHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.9) CWE-347 vulnerability in CoreWCF.Primitives. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
CoreWCF: WS-Security signature substitution via document-wide Signature lookup
Blast Radius
CoreWCF.Primitives.NETCoreWCF.PrimitivesReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
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).
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | CoreWCF.Primitives | all versions | 1.8.1 |
| .NETNuGet | CoreWCF.Primitives | ≥ 1.9.0&&< 1.9.1 | 1.9.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for CoreWCF.Primitives. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update CoreWCF.Primitives to 1.8.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-jc6x-rj79-w4mx across NuGet dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.