Description
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 [email protected] (e55e510) and backported to [email protected] (22c2876), [email protected] (eeb76d3), and [email protected] (4abd8f6). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated in the following ways: 1. Reduce the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the --max-http-header-size=size and/or the maxHeaderSize options so that no more headers than the server.maxHeadersCount limit can be sent. 2. Set server.maxHeadersCount to 0 so that no limit is applied.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/22c28763234aa75a7e1b76f5c01c181260d7917f
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/4abd8f6de4b0b65ef80b3ff081989479ed93377e
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/e55e5106f10fcbaac37cfa89759e4cc0d073a52c
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/eeb76d313e2a00dd5247ca3597bba7877d064a63
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/websockets/ws/pull/2231
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-3h5v-q93c-6h6q
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/websockets/ws/issues/2230
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#servermaxheaderscount
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0054
EPSS Percentile
67.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (5)
npm/ws
2.1.0 - 5.2.4npm
websockets/ws
>= 2.1.0, < 5.2.4
websockets/ws
>= 6.0.0, < 6.2.3
websockets/ws
>= 7.0.0, < 7.5.10
websockets/ws
>= 8.0.0, < 8.17.1
Published
Jun 17, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026