CVE-2021-32640

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "ws", "vendor": "websockets", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": ">= 5.0.0 <= 7.4.5"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the [`--max-http-header-size=size`](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size) and/or the [`maxHeaderSize`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_createserver_options_requestlistener) options."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseScore": 5.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "version": "3.1"}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-400", "description": "CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2021-07-06T07:06:26.000Z", "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff"}, {"name": "[tinkerpop-commits] 20210701 [tinkerpop] 01/03: Bumped ws to 6.2.2 to address CVE-2021-32640 CTR", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdfa7b6253c4d6271e31566ecd5f30b7ce1b8fb2c89d52b8c4e0f4e30%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0005/"}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}, "title": "ReDoS in Sec-Websocket-Protocol header", "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "security-advisories@github.com", "ID": "CVE-2021-32640", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "TITLE": "ReDoS in Sec-Websocket-Protocol header"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "ws", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": ">= 5.0.0 <= 7.4.5"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "websockets"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "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://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the [`--max-http-header-size=size`](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size) and/or the [`maxHeaderSize`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_createserver_options_requestlistener) options."}]}, "impact": {"cvss": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseScore": 5.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "version": "3.1"}}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693"}, {"name": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff"}, {"name": "[tinkerpop-commits] 20210701 [tinkerpop] 01/03: Bumped ws to 6.2.2 to address CVE-2021-32640 CTR", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdfa7b6253c4d6271e31566ecd5f30b7ce1b8fb2c89d52b8c4e0f4e30@%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E"}, {"name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0005/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0005/"}]}, "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T23:25:31.019Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff"}, {"name": "[tinkerpop-commits] 20210701 [tinkerpop] 01/03: Bumped ws to 6.2.2 to address CVE-2021-32640 CTR", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdfa7b6253c4d6271e31566ecd5f30b7ce1b8fb2c89d52b8c4e0f4e30%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0005/"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "cveId": "CVE-2021-32640", "datePublished": "2021-05-25T18:25:09.000Z", "dateReserved": "2021-05-12T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T23:25:31.019Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "ws", "vendor": "websockets", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": ">= 5.0.0 <= 7.4.5"}]}], "source": "security-advisories@github.com"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ws_project:ws:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "17BC31A7-9CB8-47EC-89C4-A4809CE9E47D", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.2", "versionStartIncluding": "5.0.0", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ws_project:ws:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "5CCD3F79-60EA-49AB-B02C-327182F655A8", "versionEndExcluding": "7.4.6", "versionStartIncluding": "7.0.0", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_performance_analyzer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "24B8DB06-590A-4008-B0AB-FCD1401C77C6", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the [`--max-http-header-size=size`](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size) and/or the [`maxHeaderSize`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_createserver_options_requestlistener) options."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "ws es una biblioteca de servidor y cliente WebSocket de c\u00f3digo abierto para Node.js.&#xa0;Un valor especialmente dise\u00f1ado del encabezado \"Sec-Websocket-Protocol\" puede ser usado para ralentizar significativamente un servidor ws.&#xa0;La vulnerabilidad ha sido corregida en la versi\u00f3n ws@7.4.6 (https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff).&#xa0;En las versiones vulnerables de ws, el problema puede ser mitigado al reducir la longitud m\u00e1xima permitida de los encabezados de petici\u00f3n utilizando [`--max-http-header-size=size`](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size) y/o las opciones [`maxHeaderSize`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_createserver_options_requestlistener)"}], "id": "CVE-2021-32640", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:53:19.733", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 5.0, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseScore": 5.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 1.4, "source": "security-advisories@github.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseScore": 5.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 1.4, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2021-05-25T19:15:07.767", "references": [{"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "tags": ["Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "tags": ["Exploit", "Mitigation", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdfa7b6253c4d6271e31566ecd5f30b7ce1b8fb2c89d52b8c4e0f4e30%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0005/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Mitigation", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdfa7b6253c4d6271e31566ecd5f30b7ce1b8fb2c89d52b8c4e0f4e30%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0005/"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-400"}], "source": "security-advisories@github.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-400"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "nodejs-ws: Specially crafted value of the `Sec-Websocket-Protocol` header can be used to significantly slow down a ws server", "id": "1965488", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1965488"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.3", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-400", "details": ["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://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the [`--max-http-header-size=size`](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size) and/or the [`maxHeaderSize`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_createserver_options_requestlistener) options.", "A flaw was found in nodejs-ws. A specially crafted value of the `Sec-Websocket-Protocol` header can be used to significantly slow down a ws server."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the --max-http-header-size=size and/or the maxHeaderSize options."}, "name": "CVE-2021-32640", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:service_mesh:2.0", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "servicemesh-grafana", "product_name": "OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:service_mesh:2.0", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "servicemesh-prometheus", "product_name": "OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "mcm-topology", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "mcm-topology-api", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/application-ui-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/console-api-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/console-header-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/console-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/console-ui-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/grc-ui-api-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/grc-ui-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/kui-web-terminal-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/search-api-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "rhacm2/search-ui-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "ws", "product_name": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift4/ose-console", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift4/ose-grafana", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift4/ose-prometheus", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_container_storage:4", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "ocs4/mcg-core-rhel8", "product_name": "Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4"}], "public_date": "2021-05-25T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32640\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32640\nhttps://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

{}