ws
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- CVE-2016-10518HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.5✓ Fixed in 1.0.12018-05-31
A vulnerability was found in the ping functionality of the ws module before 1.0.0 which allowed clients to allocate memory by sending a ping frame. The ping functionality by default responds with a pong frame and the previously given paylo…
- CVE-2016-10542HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.5✓ Fixed in 1.1.12018-05-31
ws is a "simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455". By sending an overly long websocket payload to a `ws` server, it is possible to crash the node proce…
- CVE-2021-32640MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.3✓ Fixed in 5.2.32021-05-25
ws is an open source WebSocket client and server library for Node.js. A specially crafted value of the `Sec-Websocket-Protocol` header can be used to significantly slow down a ws server. The vulnerability has been fixed in ws@7.4.6 (https:…
- CVE-2024-37890HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.5✓ Fixed in 8.17.12024-06-17
ws is an open source WebSocket client and server for Node.js. A request with a number of headers exceeding theserver.maxHeadersCount threshold could be used to crash a ws server. The vulnerability was fixed in ws@8.17.1 (e55e510) and backp…
- CVE-2026-45736MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.4✓ Fixed in 8.20.12026-05-15
ws is an open source WebSocket client and server for Node.js. Prior to 8.20.1, the websocket.close() implementation is vulnerable to uninitialized memory disclosure when a TypedArray is passed as the reason argument. This vulnerability is …
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