CVE-2026-39320
HIGHSignal K Server has an Unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via WebSocket Subscription Paths
Title source: cnaDescription
Signal K Server is a server application that runs on a central hub in a boat. Versions prior to 2.25.0 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack within the WebSocket subscription handling logic. By injecting unescaped regex metacharacters into the `context` parameter of a stream subscription, an attacker can force the server's Node.js event loop into a catastrophic backtracking loop when evaluating long string identifiers (like the server's self UUID). This results in a total Denial of Service (DoS) where the server CPU spikes to 100% and becomes completely unresponsive to further API or socket requests. Version 2.25.0 contains a fix.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-1333
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (2)
npm/signalk-server
0 - 2.25.0npm
SignalK/signalk-server
< 2.25.0
Published
Apr 21, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 21, 2026