CVE-2026-54490

websocket-driver: Resource limit bypass via message compression

Published Jul 17, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
websocket-driver is a WebSocket protocol handler with pluggable I/O. Prior to 0.7.5, if this library is used with the permessage-deflate extension, a WebSocket server or client can be made to accept messages that are larger than the configured maximum message size because the limit is checked against the message frames' length headers, which give the size of the compressed data, not the size after decompression in lib/websocket/driver/hybi.js. This can lead to applications accepting larger messages than expected and exceeding their intended resource usage. This issue is fixed in version 0.7.5.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mp7j-qc5w-4988 websocket-driver: Resource limit bypass via message compression
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Faye
Faye websocket-driver-node
Vendors & Products Faye
Faye websocket-driver-node
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description websocket-driver is a WebSocket protocol handler with pluggable I/O. Prior to 0.7.5, if this library is used with the permessage-deflate extension, a WebSocket server or client can be made to accept messages that are larger than the configured maximum message size because the limit is checked against the message frames' length headers, which give the size of the compressed data, not the size after decompression in lib/websocket/driver/hybi.js. This can lead to applications accepting larger messages than expected and exceeding their intended resource usage. This issue is fixed in version 0.7.5.
Title websocket-driver: Resource limit bypass via message compression
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 21, 2026, 2:23 AM
Reserved
Jun 15, 2026, 6:01 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 17, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 8:10 PM