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CVE-2026-48779

ws: Memory exhaustion DoS from tiny fragments and data chunks

Published: Jun 16, 2026Updated: Aug 3, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-400
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

ws is an open source WebSocket client and server for Node.js. All versions from 1.1.0 up to (but not including) 5.2.5, from 6.0.0 up to 6.2.4, from 7.0.0 up to 7.5.11, and from 8.0.0 up to 8.21.0 are affected by a memory exhaustion DoS vulnerability. A peer can send a high volume of exceptionally small fragments and data chunks, 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. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.2.5, 6.2.4, 7.5.11, and 8.21.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400CWE-770CWE-1050

Affected Products

ws project
package-ecosystemaka ws
wsLibrary
OSS Libraries / npm
websockets
commercial
wsMixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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References

https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/86d3e8a5fb0246ed373860c5fbb0de88824a27f7
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https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/b5372ac67bb97a773727b8e9f5035a8123556d53
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https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/bca91adf15677e47dbe4f959653452727be28b94
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