CVE-2026-54465
MEDIUMwebsocket-driver: Memory exhaustion in HTTP header parser
Title source: cnaDescription
websocket-driver is a WebSocket protocol handler with pluggable I/O. Prior to 0.8.1, when websocket-driver is used to implement a WebSocket server on top of a TCP server using WebSocket::Driver.server() or to complement a WebSocket client, a peer can make a single connection consume an unbounded amount of memory by sending an HTTP request or response with a never-ending list of headers. This can lead to the receiving process running out of memory. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.1.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/faye/websocket-driver-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-8j3g-f24p-4mpw
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/faye/websocket-driver-ruby/commit/17b569f232896e71d458404ccf4854f80e987710
Scores
CVSS v4
6.3
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
24.9%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (1)
faye/websocket-driver-ruby
< 0.8.1
Published
Jul 17, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 18, 2026